Maui Police Body Cam Video Released in Deadly Shooting

555 New video of Sunday's deadly officer-involved shooting in Wailuku was released at a press conference today at the Wailuku Police Station. The 23 second encounter at the Kaohu Street, South Market Street intersection, came following a chase that ensued for approximately 12 minutes. At today's press conference, Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu extended his condolences to the families affected by the circumstances. "The hard working men and women of the Maui Police Department want to make sure they keep the interest of public safety in mind everyday as they come to work. Please be assured that our officers are here to protect everyone with integrity and compassion as demonstrated by the actions yesterday," said Chief Faaumu who thanked the public for their assistance with the investigation. Acting Assistant Chief Clyde Holokai said the incident yesterday culminated in a several week-long investigation in which Kaulana "Toji" Reinhardt was the subject of an first degree attempted murder investigation that occurred on Dec. 15, 2018. "Because of the threat that he posed to the community, we actually put together a team to go ahead and make a proactive investigation and go out and try to find him before he could hurt anyone else," said Acting AC Holokai. "Unfortunately, yesterday happened, and what we want to do is bring some light to this situation and share with everybody what we have today with the body cam video of an officer that was involved in the shooting." Detective Matthew Bigoss shared three different body camera videos: one in real time, and two that were slowed down to show what officers experienced on the scene. Police say the audio was removed from the video due to harsh language that was used on the scene. Where possible, police also blurred out the faces of individuals due to the ongoing nature of the investigation. Detective Bigoss explained that the events unfolded rapidly saying, "From the time of first contact to the time that the suspect was down, and handcuffs were applied was approximately 23 seconds. After the suspect was down, our officers followed the protocol to provide him with medical care-which the majority of that is not on this video due to the time constraints of our press conference."

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