ANN ARBOR, MI - A 34-year-old man who was shot by police after taunting them with knives at an Ypsilanti apartment complex in 2016 was committed to the state mental health system when he appeared in the Washtenaw County Trial Court on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Rodger Ketchman entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity at a hearing in November, according to court records.

Judge Archie Brown on Wednesday officially committed Ketchman to the Center of Forensic Psychiatry based on the recommendation of doctors.

According to state statute, Ketchman will now be treated like any other mental health commitment case, which means his case will no longer be public record due to health privacy laws.

Ketchman was found competent to stand trial at an earlier hearing, but that differs from being legally sane or insane at the time the crime was committed.

Ketchman faced 18 felonies and one misdemeanor stemming from incidents that occurred at an apartment building in the 700 block of Lowell Street of Ypsilanti on Jan. 12 and Jan. 13, 2016, including seven charges of felonious assault and seven charges of resisting arrest.

On Jan 12, Ketchman was accused of threatening a neighbor with a crowbar and forcing him to the ground to bow before his god, according to testimony at an earlier hearing.

Police were called to the apartment building the next day because Ketchman was banging on a different neighbor's door with the crowbar and threatening to kill her, according to testimony.

The woman called police and six officers soon arrived. The officers testified that Ketchman was belligerent when they arrived, refusing to let them in and keeping one arm hidden when he did open the door.

Police eventually forced their way in, but Ketchman had gone into a bathroom and repeatedly displayed knives and a sword while toying with the officers by opening and closing the door, according to court testimony.

Officers attempted to use a Taser and other non-lethal weapons, but when that did not work, a member of the SWAT team shot Ketchman in the hip to subdue him, the officers testified.

Ketchman reportedly lunged at police with a knife and sword before the officer shot, according to the testimony.

Brown set a status conference in the case for March 21.