HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu taxpayers will pay a million dollars to the family of a 16-year-old who was shot and killed by police during a days-long crime spree in 2021.

The Honolulu City Council approved the settlement Wednesday for the family of Iremamber Sykap, who was killed on April 5, 2021, after three Honolulu police officers chased a stolen car with Sykap and other armed robbery suspects through east Honolulu before a confrontation in McCully.

Chinatown resident Chu Lan Shubert Kwock testified against the deal.

“I am opposed to settling this because a crime was committed and the officers were attacked and we should not make this a precedence for avoiding a justifiable fight in the courts,” she said.

Council members expressed frustration before voting to approve.

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