Suspect in fatal McCully shooting still at large
ROB SHIKINA / RSHIKINA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Honolulu police responded to a shooting in McCully.
Police were searching this morning for a gunman who fatally shot a 24-year-old man in an illegal game room in McCully on Wednesday night, the second fatal game room shooting in two months.
Honolulu police acting homicide Lt. Ryan Kaio said police were sent to a report of possible gunshots on Poha Lane near South Beretania Street at about 9:05 p.m. Arriving officers were directed to an illegal game room on the second floor of a building. Inside, officers found the victim dead with multiple gunshot wounds.
An Emergency Medical Services report said the man had apparent gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
Kaio said the suspect fled the scene and was still at large at about 1 a.m.
According to police dispatch reports shortly after the shooting, the suspect was described as having cornrows, is about 5 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, with a stoplight tattoo on his left arm. He was armed with a semi-automatic handgun.
Police opened a second-degree murder investigation. Kaio said police were investigating the connection between the two men and what led to the shooting.
A family member at the scene said both men were employees of the game room.
On Sept. 24, a 30-year-old man allegedly shot two people inside Cuties Cafe, an illegal game room that has since closed, on North King Street in downtown. A 44-year-old woman died and a 25-year-old man was injured in the game room robbery. Alabanza Tuimalealiifano was charged in connection with the shooting two days later.
25 responses to “Suspect in fatal McCully shooting still at large”
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Where is our weak law enforcement officials? Close these illegal game rooms down now. They are destroying our neighborhoods. Absolutely nothing good comes out of these pathetic low life breeding businesses.
not only do these low-lifers breed bad business but kids! You can take that to the bank
Blame the parents for not bringing their kids up right … can make ’em but can’t raise ’em
WHERE ??? Every try calling 9-1-1 … takes forever for a dispatcher/operator to answer …
Dam, McCully get kids stabbing,rapes,murders. Glad I live away from the animals in town.
Allie’s part of the woods. lol
Scary town side
Bwahaha … are cornrolls like cornbread?
Illegal gambling, like drug dealing, is an industry that’s protected by the police. A lot of money gets paid under the table, and the public pays the price.
What is a lot to you? Some maybe, a little probably, but a lot seems like a reach.
They should change the name of the street from “Poha” to “Poho” because planny poho all these illegal gambling establishments that draw the wrong type of clientele — and employees, as in this case.
It would be nice to know what race he is. A 5’11 man with cornrows, yes, I’ll be on the lookout for that.
Not with the SA reporting. Same politically correct media that supported Hillary. And people wonder why Trump won.
Garrans the SA would have used color if the perpetrator was white in color. Any other any color of skin is not neutral and be considered a Racist word. You can take that to the bank
Cornrows is that funny looking hairstyle that some papolos have. Cops should be able to catch this one quickly – easy to profile and spot. Maybe start at Rumors on a Friday night.
Yeah, to know what race would be helpful. I guess that’s why HPD can’t find criminals, cuz they only describe the height, weight, cornrows and tattoos. The guy can shave his head, then what?
So knowing his race with his NEWLY shaved head would help YOU find him? That would be the difference maker in your scenario?
The acting mouth piece LT. is he usually just a private on his day job?
No he is a man who puts his life on the line for us all every day!
not only dat. They protect the rights of criminals, trying to calm down the victims rants of crime! No foget dat now.
Greed$$$, ruins many lives and there is corruption in all walks of life from top to bottom.
I had a girl friend who owned a bar grill and ran a numbers enterprise on the side; and because there was a lot of kala changing hands, she had friends from HPD who would patronize her bar in plain clothes while off-duty just for protection and extra pay under the table on top of free drinks. That’s a fact and I won’t mention her name or the bar because she’s retired now. But that world still exists.
Sorry to the family and loved ones of the victim but if this was indeed an illegal game room at least we have one less criminal running around in our society. If the suspect was also a criminal hopefully he will resist arrest and get shot as well.
If HPD knows who this guy is they should announce it to the public especially if he has a “prior” and a mugshot. Also what kind of car w/ license plate is he driving ??? Don’t tell us 30 days from now when the story has “cooled off” … if this guy has killed someone he could probably do it again …
Why is it illegal? What kind of stupid laws do we have where a “game room” can be illegal?
If they know he was an employee, and they know he has cornrolls … they probably know his name too. Why hasn’t this info been released to the public? Kealoha gotta go, HPD has gone down the tubes on his watch. I think Shopo runs the department nowadays.