Kwesi Ashun
Male, Black
Date of the incident: 10/25/2019
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
447 Mother Gaston Blvd
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.