Body found near Yokohama Bay
Honolulu police detectives Monday night were investigating an unattended death near Yokohama Bay.
A passer-by found the body and police received the call at 6:30 p.m. to investigate the death, said police Detective Victor Lau.
Lau said Monday night that police were still at the scene investigating and there were few details. The gender of the dead person wasn’t available.
Lau said the body was in the "boonies" and on the Makaha side of Yokohama Bay.
City Emergency Medical Services workers were initially called to the scene, but the incident was later referred to police and the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office.
Big Isle police investigate fatal shooting
Hawaii County police were investigating a homicide Monday at a residence at Nanawale Estates in Puna.
Police responded to a call of a shooting victim found in a home on Maui Street about 2:20 p.m.
Detectives learned that another man was seen leaving the residence in a dark-colored pickup truck. Police issued an islandwide all-points bulletin. At 4:41 p.m., acting on a tip, police arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of second-degree murder. He is being held at the cellblock.
Man charged after Ewa Beach standoff
A 55-year-old Ewa Beach man has been charged with terroristic threatening after an eight-hour standoff with police.
Mark Char was charged with a firearms offense and first-degree terroristic threatening. He posted $25,000 bail over the weekend. He will make his initial appearance in Honolulu District Court on Wednesday morning,
The incident began after 8 p.m. Wednesday when an officer went to a Halolani Street address to investigate a parking complaint. While interviewing Char, the officer noticed that the man was wearing a shoulder holster showing the butt of a firearm, police said.
Police said that Char resisted when the officer tried to arrest him. At that point, the man’s 55-year-old wife intervened, and the suspect fled into his home. He refused to come out until 5:15 a.m. Thursday, when he surrendered to police. Homes in the area were evacuated during the standoff.
