Police killings
2013-2020

Kwesi Ashun

Male, Black

Date of the incident: 10/25/2019

Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
447 Mother Gaston Blvd

Two officers were called to a nail salon after Dewayne Hawkes, 26, who came in to use a restroom, started urinating in the middle of the store. During the arrest attempt, according to police, Kwesi Ashun entered the salon and fought with police and struck an officer in the head with a chair. Police said one officer used his Taser on the man, but it did not incapacitate him. An officer shot Ashun six times, killing him.