June 2, 2022
Utah – Police said in a statement that just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, witnesses saw an unknown man wielding a knife charge at the security guard near the facility at 16th and Utah streets. The security guard then shot the man, the police said, and remained on the scene until police and medics arrived.
Leoiki was declared dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner listed Leoiki’s residence as “unknown,” but said the office had contacted his next of kin.
A security guard at the 16th Street UPS distribution center
Catherine Leoiki-Borero, Leoiki’s aunt, told Mission Local in an interview that her nephew’s death and the circumstances surrounding it came as a shock.
“It just doesn’t sound like him … I’ve never seen him in that capacity, none of us have,” Leoiki-Borero said.
“He loved to explore. He was a go-getter,” Leoiki-Borero said. “At the drop of a hat,” she said Leoiki decided to move to San Francisco a couple months ago and scope it out. His father was scheduled to visit this weekend.
Leoiki is survived by his young son, his father, his sister, and a large, close-knit Hawaiian family based in Las Vegas, Texas, and Hawaii.
Police Chief Bill Scott told the Police Commission Wednesday evening that the security guard had been detained, but is not under arrest. “There’s a lot of investigation on this case that still needs to occur,” Scott said, including the gathering of nearby video surveillance footage.
UPS Communications confirmed that the incident occurred at its distribution facility and customer center located on the northeast Mission block.
