Honolulu police on Friday arrested a reported gang member and fugitive from California who was also wanted for questioning in connection with a shooting in Kailua.
Francisco Casillas, 31, remained in custody without bail Saturday at the Honolulu Police Department’s main cell block on South Beretania Street. He is the subject of a $3 million extradition warrant out of Pomona, Calif., Honolulu police said.
Casillas was taken into custody at about 10:30 p.m. in Kaneohe after a brief standoff that involved HPD’s Specialized Services Department.
In June, Honolulu CrimeStoppers issued a bulletin seeking the public’s help in finding Casillas, who was identified as a person of interest in a June 11 shooting in Kailua that left a 39-year-old man in serious condition.
Police said the shooting occurred as two men were arguing about a woman at a Keolu Drive home in Enchanted Lake. One of the men shot the other in the leg and fired at his head, but the bullet just grazed the victim’s scalp.
Police opened an attempted murder investigation.
A 2015 news release from the Pomona Police Department described Casillas as a known gang member wanted for a 2012 shooting there. He was charged with three counts of attempted murder and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Campground explosion injures 3
Three people were injured Saturday after the fuel tank for a portable butane stove exploded at a North Shore campground.
Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Scot Seguirant said the incident was reported at about 12:35 p.m. at the Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council’s Camp Pupukea at 59-780 Pupukea Road.
About 60 people were at the camp at the time and the three victims were reportedly preparing food when the tank ruptured.
A woman in her 30s sustained a small cut above her eye, a girl about 6 years old had second-degree burns to her lower right leg, and a boy about 8 years old had a superficial injury to his leg, he said.
Seguirant said firefighters helped treat the injured at the scene and turned them over to paramedics.
