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Shooting leads to standoff on Kauai
Kauai police were in a standoff with a shooting suspect Sunday night in Kilauea.
At 2:51 p.m. officers responded to the scene off Kilauea Road and found a man with a gunshot wound, Kauai County said by email.
The victim was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released.
Police closed Kilauea Road between Titcomb Street and Kahili Quarry Road as they attempted to bring the suspect into custody. Officers remained on the scene after 9 p.m. Sunday, and the road remained closed.
Teen arrested after robbery thwarted
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Saturday after a witness stopped an alleged robbery attempt in the Kalihi area, Honolulu police said.
According to police records, the boy and two others were robbing an 18-year-old man around 8:25 p.m. when a witness intervened.
The offenders fled the scene, and only the 16-year-old was found nearby, police said. He was arrested without incident just after 9 p.m. on suspicion of second-degree robbery, according to police records.
A witness also helped to stop a burglary attempt early Sunday morning in the Makakilo area, according to police records. Police said the witness reported around 12:27 a.m. that he saw two men attempting to enter a locked office. Responding officers located the men, ages 34 and 32, about six minutes later and arrested them on suspicion of second-degree burglary.