American Samoa Department of Public Safety, American Samoa
End of Watch: Sunday, June 21, 1981
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: June 21, 1981
Weapon Used: Blunt object; Pipe
Suspect Info: Sentenced to 20 years
Patrolman Fasiolepia Ta'Ase was killed after being attacked by a man with a metal pipe.
He was responding to a fight at a local nightclub at 1:00 am when the incident occurred.
The subject who murdered him was apprehended and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Patrolman Ta'Ase had served with the Department of Public Safety for two years. At the time of his murder, members of the agency were unarmed.