The 31-year-old man officers on the Big Island shot and killed last week had no permanent Hawaiʻi address and was originally from Michigan, police said.
Police said Daniel Buckingham cut an officer with a large knife Friday when officers responded to an alarm at a Hilo home that was supposed to be empty.
Buckingham was hiding in a bedroom and swung a knife at an officer, hitting him in the forearm, police said. Two of the other responding officers fired their guns, killing Buckingham.
An autopsy Tuesday found Buckingham died of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. The final autopsy report is pending toxicology results, police said.
Buckingham reportedly lived on the island for about a-year-and-a-half and was originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The injured officer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for a large cut and released.
Also last week, an officer fatally shot 34-year-old Ryan Y. Santos who police said came out of a Hilo house, and opened fire on officers responding to a domestic violence call.
