Death by Cop- 2024

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Televise Sau

Case # :1168

Gender : Male

Age : 53

Race : Indigenous Hawaiian

Date : 04/11/2024

Location : Haiku

City : Maui

County : Maui

State : Hawaii

Agency : Maui Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Taser

Event : Died 1 week after police taser firing

Open records summary :

Maui PD fired a taser at a man because he was driving what police believed to be a stolen vehicle and trying to evade police. The man fell ill and died one week after the taser shocks. The family questions the police story and points out unexplained severe head injuries to both the front and back of his head which do not match the police narrative.

 

Source links :

Narrative, photos:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/04/19/maui-family-demands-answers-after-loved-one-dies-after-being-tased-by-police/

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/04/maui-man-dies-a-week-after-police-used-a-taser-to-stop-him-from-running-off/