Friday, January 11, 2019

Iosia Faletogo Shot Killed By Seattle Police

Iosia Faletogo Shot Killed By Seattle Police --- ===

December 31, 2018 Iosia Faletogo Shot Killed By Seattle Police 36-year-old Iosia Faletogo was shot by police after he pulled a gun on police after fleeing a traffic stop. The man was remembered as a devoted father and his aunt said “He did not deserve to be slaughtered like an animal in the street". Faletogo is a name common in Samoa.   Police say the driver flashed a handgun in a struggle with police when an officer fired at him.  argued that Falatogo wasn’t holding a gun in his hand at the time he was shot. The handgun recovered from the scene was stolen during a 2016 car prowl in Renton, and he was carrying $1,160 in cash and had a vial with 263 pills that tested positive for fentanyl. (9)

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  1. Seattle Police Accountability Office To Probe Faletogo Shooting - Patch Iosia Faletogo, 36, was shot by a Seattle office during a struggle in North Seattle on Dec. 31. ... SEATTLE, WA - The Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA) investigate the Dec. 31 shootingof Iosia Faletogo by Seattle officer Jared Keller. ... Seattle police released dash and body ...Family of man killed by Seattle officer on New Year's Eve questions ...  https://www.seattletimes.com/.../family-of-man-killed-by-seattle-officer-questions-police...Jan 4, 2019 - Iosia Faletogo was shot and killed during a struggle with Seattle police after a traffic stop on Aurora Avenue North on New Year's Eve. ... “He did not deserve to be slaughtered like an animal in the street,” said Kerina Ngauamo, aunt of Iosia (yoh-see-a) Faletogo, who was killed . (name is Tongan Paul Ngauamo - Wikipedia is a Tongan rugby union player.)
    Seattle police release video of fatal shooting by office
  2. r on New Year's ...  https://www.seattletimes.com/.../seattle-police-release-video-of-fatal-shooting-by-officer-... Jan 3, 2019 - Iosia Faletogo, 36, was fatally shot after he ran from police during a New Year's Eve traffic stop on Aurora Avenue North. ... Police said Iosia Faletogo, a South King County father of two, pulled the loaded gun on officers after a traffic stop. ... The Police Department’s Force ...
  3. Man killed by Seattle police remembered as a devoted father | Real ...  https://www.realchangenews.org/.../man-killed-seattle-police-remembered-devoted-fat...  On New Year's Eve 2018, Iosia Faletogo was shot at close range by Seattle police officers.
  4. Seattle police release body cam video of fatal officer-involved shooting ...  https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/family-of-man-shot-by...spd.../897881021  Jan 4, 2019 - Iosia Faletogo's family said they still can't believe he was shot to death by police while on his way to a New Year's Eve dinner with his family.
  5. Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting on Aurora Avenue North ...  https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/one-dead-in-officer...shooting-on.../897105089 Jan 1, 2019 - Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting on Aurora Avenue North. ... Family members identified the man as 36-year-old Iosia Faletogo.
  6. Seattle police source: What took them so long? I would have shot sooner  mynorthwest.com/1233293/seattle-police-officer-shot-sooner/  Jan 4, 2019 - I spoke with a Seattle police officer about the recently-released video of the fatal shootingof Iosia Faletogo.  Why do you say you would have shot him sooner?  “Once they saw the gun and he was not willing to stop after being warned multiple times to give up the fight or he was going to be shot — that’s it. There is no de-escalating that situation when you are in the middle of a fight like that. 
  7. Gee: Questions linger after SPD's video of a fatal shooting mynorthwest.com/1233419/gee-questions-linger-after-spds-video-of-a-fatal-shooting/ There are a few questions lingering after the fatal shooting of Iosia Faletogo. One thing is certain: Whatever your opinion was before this video ...
  8. Seattle police shooting of Losia Faletogo breakdown - YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NcMHwvhcM8 After 5 p.m., officers stopped a driver on Aurora Avenue North at North 96th Street. The suspect, later identified as 36-year-old Iosia Faletogo, ...
  9. Community News Archives - The NW Facts Newspaper - NWFacts.com family of a man killed in a North Seattle police shooting on New Year’s Eve spoke out Friday, saying they would fight for justice and transparency in the investigation of the shooting.  he deserves justice,” said cousin Kiana Keni.  traffic stop on Aurora Ave. N. just after 5 p.m. Monday. The driver, Faletogo, pulled over and then fled the scene on foot. Officers caught up to the man and a physical struggle ensued.  Police say the driver displayed a handgun during the struggle and one officer fired at the man. Family argued that Falatogo wasn’t holding a gun in his hand at the time he was shot,   handgun recovered from the scene was stolen during a 2016 car prowl in Renton. Police also said Faletogo was carrying $1,160 in cash and had a vial with 263 pills that tested positive for fentanyl. (9)
  10. Samoan name: High Talking Chief Faletogo Taliloa conducts the village meeting in which debris removal from private property - village communal property - is explained. He spoke mostly in Samoan, but also repeated key information in English. A High Talking Chief is the chief who does most of the talking in village affairs, Taliloa explained. A native of American Samoa

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