Date | April 5, 2021 |
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Location | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Type | Police killing |
Cause | Gunshot wound |
Filmed by | Police body camera |
Participants |
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Deaths | Iremamber Sykap |
Charges | Second-degree murder (Thom), Attempted second-degree murder (Fredeluces and Ah Nee) |
Verdict | Charges dismissed in district court |
Convictions | None |
On April 5, 2021, Micronesian 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap was killed on Kalākaua Avenue when Honolulu police officer Geoffrey Thom fired 10 rounds at Sykap through the rear window of a stolen car after it had stopped at an intersection following a police pursuit. Thom was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting, and two other Honolulu Police Department officers were charged with attempted second-degree murder.[1] The charges were dismissed in district court on August 18, 2021.[2]