A man has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Jess Kendall, who was on his way to a Lil Durk concert.

The old saw “never bring a knife to a gun fight” is somewhat moot when one is armed with a Rodgers knife pistol—a clever percussion-fired defensive arm composed of both blades and barrel.

The area was evacuated and officers “de-escalated” the situation, police said, by deploying a taser, seizing the knife, ...