Man Killed By Officers In Waikiki Is First Fatal Shooting By Police In 2022 10 The killing was not captured on police body cameras but video from the hotel may have recorded the event.
Honolulu police officers shot and killed a man brandishing a 9mm ghost gun at the Ohia Waikiki Studio Suites shortly after midnight Friday, according to Honolulu Police Chief Joe Logan. Logan said Specialized Services Division officers shot the 48-year-old man twice and he was treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital where he died.
At a news conference Friday, Logan said the incident is the second shooting by police in 2022 and the first fatality. There were six officer-involved shootings in 2021 and four fatalities, he said.
“Any attempts that we made to make contact with the individual or to provoke a reaction, they all failed,” Logan said.
