Body camera footage released in fatal Ocean View police shooting
Hawaii police have released body camera footage of a deadly officer-involved shooting on the Big Island, a grim look at how a theft call ended with a 31-year-old man dead and an officer hurt.
- The chase began with a theft in Ocean View and moved into rough, remote lava fields.
- A taser was used first but barely worked, and the man pulled the wires off and kept going.
- He was heard threatening to kill the officer, then started throwing lava rocks at him.
- The officer warned repeatedly that he would shoot before firing; the man died at the scene.
- An autopsy found a single gunshot killed him, with drug tests still pending.
Outlook: The investigation continues and the toxicology results are the next thing expected to come out.