Tony Robinson was unarmed. That's going to make this all the more complicated for the investigators, for the public to accept. Police Chief Mike Koval More Quotes by Police Chief Mike Koval More Quotes From Police Chief Mike Koval There's no doubt about the fact that we have to be clear about this. I want to be very transparent: He was unarmed. Police Chief Mike Koval us-news The circumstances of that case were concluded to be a suicide-by-cop sort of predilection. Police Chief Mike Koval us-news I'm not here to do a character workup on someone who lost his life less than 24 hours ago. Police Chief Mike Koval us-news We have to be clear about this, he was unarmed. That's going to make this all the more complicated for the investigators, the public, to accept, to understand ... why deadly force had to be used. Police Chief Mike Koval top-news I frankly think it is, for our purposes today, wholly inappropriate and I am not going to blemish anyone's character particularly someone's as young as his. Police Chief Mike Koval top-news Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer. Police Chief Mike Koval top-news