At least two Honolulu police officers shot at a man coming at them and holding a knife over his head on Sept. 27 in Kalihi after he was Tased and the device proved to be ineffective, Deputy Chief John McCarthy said today.

Four officers were on the scene early that morning responding to a theft complaint at the NomNom convenience store and found the suspect, described as being in his 40s, in the Foodland parking lot at Dillingham Plaza. He had a bottle of alcohol and the knife, McCarthy said.

Police played the Taser video for reporters today, which was obscured possibly by the officer’s hand or how he had it braced, McCarthy said. However, the audio could be heard.

Officers repeatedly told the man to drop what McCarthy described as a fishing knife with a 7-inch blade.

“Don’t do it. Just put the knife down,” one officer is heard saying.

At least five times officers told the man to drop the knife, before the Taser can be heard discharging and at least six shots were fired seconds later.

“He was already starting toward the officers, and they were in rather close proximity,” McCarthy said. “The Taser was deployed, from what we understand, from less than 15 feet.”

The man was taken in extremely critical condition to a hospital where he died.

McCarthy said two of the officers are still being investigated, but both are back on duty.