Advertiser news files show that police officers across the state shot or shot at Hawai'i residents at least four times during the past year:

Sept. 18: Kaua'i police shot a man after he allegedly threatened officers with a large knife and a gun and rammed a patrol car, injuring an officer. Officers confronted Tavis Apo, 31, in front of police headquarters in Lihu'e as he stood outside of his truck with a knife in his hand. After being ordered to put the knife down, Apo allegedly reached into the truck and pulled out a gun. He was shot after he got into his truck and began ramming police cars. Apo was hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting.

May 17: a Maui police officer shot Paul L.V. Campos, 51, in the jaw when Campos allegedly refused the officer's order to stop the Ford SUV he was driving and hit the officer with it. Campos was hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting.

March 8: A Big Island police officer shot at two men in a sport utility vehicle after the SUV accelerated at the officer, who was attempting to stop it and arrest the occupants. The two men in the SUV, who were not injured, were arrested after the SUV hit boulders while trying to leave a home in Waimea, the scene of the shooting.

Oct. 13, 2004: Thomas Greene, 18, was shot in the stomach by a police officer in Pearl City after leading officers on a wild car chase. He was hospitalized in serious condition after the incident. Police said Greene was driving a stolen car when he ran over one police officer, injured two others and rammed several other cars before slamming head-on into a police cruiser.