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South African rugby player killed by Hawaii police had CTE

FILE - In a 2021 file photo provided by Bickerton Law Group representing the family of Lindani Myeni shows Myeni standing on a beach in Waimanalo, Hawaii with his wife and two children. Myeni was fatally shot by Honolulu police in 2021 after he physically attacked officers, who responded when an upset occupant of a home complained a stranger had entered uninvited wearing a feathered headband and made bizarre comments. Results of studies of Myeni's brain tissue, obtained by The Associated Press, show the 29-year-old South African rugby player had Stage 3 CTE, or brain trauma caused by repeated concussions. (Myeni Family Photo/Bickerton Law Group via AP, File)

In this undated photo provided by Lindsay Myeni, Lindani Myeni holds his infant son, Nsizwa, as he sleeps. Myeni was fatally shot by Honolulu police in 2021 after he physically attacked officers, who responded when an upset occupant of a home complained a stranger had entered uninvited wearing a feathered headband and made bizarre comments. Results of studies of Myeni's brain tissue, obtained by The Associated Press, show the 29-year-old South African rugby player had Stage 3 CTE, or brain trauma caused by repeated concussions. (Lindsay Myeni via AP)

In this undated photo provided by Lindsay Myeni, is Lindani Myeni, foreground with no shirt on, resting on the grass after a rugby match in Eshowe, South Africa. Myeni was fatally shot by Honolulu police in 2021 after he physically attacked officers, who responded when an upset occupant of a home complained a stranger had entered uninvited wearing a feathered headband and made bizarre comments. Results of studies of Myeni's brain tissue, obtained by The Associated Press, show the 29-year-old South African rugby player had Stage 3 CTE, or brain trauma caused by repeated concussions. (Lindsay Myeni via AP)

South African rugby player killed by Hawaii police had CTE