Prosecutors have filed charges against a 20-year-old McCully man accused of trying to run down officers in a stolen car during a police chase in Kaneohe this week.
William Andres remained hospitalized with a wound to his stomach after being shot by an officer during a chase that began in Waimanalo and ended in a Kaneohe neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
Andres is charged with attempted first-degree assault, first-degree terroristic threatening, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle, second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and accidents involving a vehicle or property. His bail is set at $50,000.
City prosecutors prepared warrants Thursday to take Andres into custody once he is released from the hospital.
Police initially arrested Andres on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder for allegedly trying to run over an officer. That charge was reclassified to first-degree attempted assault.
The terroristic threatening charge stems from his actions after police approached him and ordered him to turn off the engine of the car.
Police said Andres was sitting in a stolen white Honda near Waimanalo District Park just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. When officers approached, Andres suddenly started up the car and allegedly hit one officer’s leg. That officer fired several shots, striking the driver once, police said.
Andres then fled in the stolen Honda and was pursued briefly until he headed toward Kaneohe, police said.
Police said Andres abandoned the Honda at the intersection of Ualani Place and Kamehameha Highway near Kaneohe Elementary School after hitting another car. Police caught Andres in the yard of a home at Kuu Home Place.
Paramedics treated Andres and took him in critical condition to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he was still hospitalized Friday.
Police said the officer with the leg injury was taken to Castle Medical Center and treated. The other officer’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Andres has four felony convictions, including burglary and car theft, and two misdemeanor convictions for theft and carrying a deadly weapon.
Two elementary schools, Kaneohe and Maunawili, were placed on lockdown during the incident Tuesday.
