“Not really clear picture” shows that man was shot and killed a weapon from the police

Anchorage, Alaska (Ktuu) – the chief police chief, Sean Case, said that a “not really clear” image that warned from the body of an officer in the management of the management officers in Mountain View last week shows that the suspect was fatally shot that had a weapon in his lap.

Case pointed out the statue during a press conference on Wednesday morning, which explained what was shown.

“The officer on the driver's side opens the door. The officer on the driver's side watches a weapon and he immediately closes the door,” said Case. “This is a video of the officer on the driver's side. This is the steering wheel, that is [the suspect’s] Leg, this is his arm and his elbow, and this is a weapon in the driver's lap. “

APD identified the 41-year-old Utuva Alaelua as the man who was shot by an officer and was later identified as an officer Carter Mayes near the 300 block of the Bragaw Street on May 12 after the police could not keep up their commands after a traffic stop.

Case said that the police initially observed another vehicle in a residence in which it became known that it was associated with an arrest warrant when Alaelua's vehicle drove with a headlight in the area.

Although Alaelua reported reportedly at the time of the shootout, the police chief said that this did not matter during the night on the night on which he was shot, because they had no time to establish the connection before the shooting took place.

According to a arrest on May 2, Alaelua was sought for the theft of a US fish and wildlife service truck due to theft of the first degree and vehicle theft.

Case said, before the officials approached Alaelua's vehicle, they positioned their patrol cars to prevent him from being able to drive away because the officials considered his behavior to be suspicious.

Alaelua then told the officials that there were no weapons in the car, said Case before saying that the officers finally watched a weapon in his lap after he had previously instructed him to give them the keys and step out of the vehicle.

While the chief said that What was shown during the press conference on Wednesday did not show any weapon, said Case, it was a pistol, and it was assumed that no other objects were in Alaelua when he was fatally shot.

“One of the reasons why it is not a really clear picture because it is only shown for a short second. These body cameras who wear the officials are designed in such a way that they should take movement because they are on the person, and if they move, there is a lot of stabilization, but it is not perfect,” said Case.

According to Case, the video shows that Alaelua held his cell phone in his right hand when he says that both hands of Alaelua are clearly raised in the vehicle.

It is only once that Alaelua's left hand says that the boss says Mayes fired a single shot and killed Alaelua.

The shootout on May 12th is not Maye's first officer to be involved. In 2022, Mayes fired his weapon with a fatal police show on the Centennial Park Campground.

Case also confirmed that Alaelua's brother, Puipuia Lipoi Alaelua, was killed in an anchorage hotel in February after the police said Puipuia Lipoi Alaelua held five people hostage.

According to APD, the state office for special persecution will check and determine whether Maye's violence at the shootout of May 12 was justified.

In addition to two still images, the police did not publish any other pictures or videos during the press conference.

The fatal shootout of the deadly officials has renewed the calls of critics of APDS guidelines for the publication of camera materials for the camera supported with body for the need for a supervisory board for civil police, which was previously contested.

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