Judge Rejects Charges for Hawaii Officers in Teen’s Killing
Defense attorney Thomas Otake, (L) facing camera, embraces Geoffrey Thom, as defense attorney Crystal Glendon, (R) facing camera, embraces her client Christopher Fredeluces after Judge William Domingo rejected murder and attempted murder charges against the officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial, at district court in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2021. Cory Lum/Pool/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP
HONOLULU—A Hawaii judge on Wednesday rejected murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in the fatal shooting of a teenager, preventing the case from going to trial.
District Court Judge William Domingo, in a ruling from the bench, said there was no probable cause that the officers committed the crimes they were accused of.
