Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding, “Rapidly Approaching” Man
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Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding, “Rapidly Approaching” Man
Hawaii Police Department released body camera footage of an officer involved shooting of a man who refused to drop a knife.
Officers reportedly found the man cutting himself and commanded him to “drop the knife.” After multiple refusals, an officer shot the 41-year-old man.
After being shot, the man still refused to drop the knife and an another officer deployed a stun gun.
The suspect was relocated to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries and remains there to recover.
Currently the man is charged with attempted assault on a law enforcement officer in the first degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree.