Kalihi man dies after shooting near Dole Middle School
Police investigate an incident near Dole Middle School this afternoon.
Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
Police Maj. Larry Lawson gave a statement to the press as Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
A Ford Mustang remains as Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
Neighbors watch as Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
Students stop on their way home from school as Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
Honolulu Police Department investigate the scene of a shooting following a police chase that ended out front of Dole Middle School on Kamehameha IV Rd. between Kini Pl. and Hihio Pl. in Kalihi on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. The man said to be in his 30s died later at Queens and it has not been determined whether the shot that killed him was from his weapon or police.
A 31-year-old Kalihi man died today after he was shot either by himself or an officer near Dole Middle School, following a police pursuit from West Oahu and forcing the middle school into lockdown.
Police Maj. Larry Lawson said the incident began about 12:30 p.m. today when the man’s family reported him missing and distraught.
Police spotted him about 2:15 p.m. near Honokai Hale and began pursuing him and saw the man flashing a weapon, Lawson said.
Officers continued following the man on H-1 freeway toward Kalihi and up Kamehameha IV Road where the man stopped in the street fronting Dole Middle School about 2:45 p.m.
Lawson said the man fired a weapon and one officer fired a weapon. He did not know which gunshot killed the man.
A neighbor said the man lived across from the school.
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Lawson said the man was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he died.
