No charges will be filed against two officers who fatally shot a man in Mākaha last June after he rammed a pickup into their police vehicle, causing the cop car’s engine to burst into flames.
The Honolulu prosecutor’s office, which investigated the shooting, found the officers’ use of deadly force was justified because they feared for their lives and were trying to protect themselves and others, Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said Tuesday.
The officers were following Iosua Stevens on the afternoon of June 24, 2025, as he drove through Mākaha in a stolen F-250 truck. Stevens was wanted on four bench warrants and had assaulted an officer and fled during a previous arrest attempt earlier that month, Alm said.
The officers, who are with the department’s Crime Reduction Unit, were not wearing body cameras and were driving an unmarked, black Nissan Altima…