Overview

• Prosecutors charged Akash Kushwaha with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count each of daytime breaking and entering, malicious destruction of property over $1,200, larceny from a building, and indecent exposure.
• A judge set a status review for October 20 as the court-ordered mental health assessment moves forward.
• Police say officers encountered him around 6 a.m. on September 24 behind the 1928 Beacon Hill restaurant on Mount Vernon Street after a reported break-in.
• Authorities state a Taser deployment had no effect before officers shot him, then provided first aid and transported him with injuries described as not life-threatening.
• Investigators are seeking neighborhood video and tips, and court records show he was on pretrial probation in June with a requirement to continue mental health treatment.