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Judge Allows Case Against HPD Officers In Sykap Shooting To Move Forward - Honolulu Civil Beat Judge Allows Case Against HPD Officers In Sykap Shooting To Move Forward Attorneys for the three officers argued that the case should be dismissed because a grand jury declined to indict them. Reading time: 4 minutes. A judge denied two motions in the criminal case against three Honolulu Police Department officers in the April shooting death of 16-year-old Iremamber Sykap, which set off a charged debate about violent police encounters and led to the rare indictments. Judge William Domingo denied th...

HONOLULU (AP) -- Three Honolulu police officers appeared in court on Friday to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old

Two other officers have been charged with attempted murder in the case, prosecutors said. All three face up to life in prison without parole if convicted.

By Associated Press HONOLULU — A grand jury on Wednesday indicted two older brothers of a 16-year-old who was shot and killed by Honolulu police. The brothers are accused of assaulting and robbing a woman over the weekend near a makeshift memorial for Iremamber Sykap. The teen was driving a stolen car linked to a series of crimes when it rammed police vehicles and ended up in a canal after officers fired at it, police said. Mark Sykap, 18, was charged with second-degree robbery. “The indictment alleges that Mark Sykap robbed the woman of her valuables after she was assaulted by Maruo Sy...

The men were indicted following a robbery and assault near a makeshift memorial on Kalakaua Avenue for their teen brother, who was fatally shot by police.