Shooter in Kapolei murder-suicide identified
Two people died in a murder-suicide shooting in Kapolei on New Year’s Day. (Courtesy Kerri-Anne Nicole Whiting)
Francisca Funtanilla was killed during a murder-suicide in Kapolei’s Mehana subdivision on New Year’s Day.
(Courtesy Funtanilla family)
Two people died in a murder-suicide shooting in Kapolei on New Year’s Day. (Courtesy Kerri-Anne Nicole Whiting)
Francisca Funtanilla was killed during a murder-suicide in Kapolei’s Mehana subdivision on New Year’s Day.
(Courtesy Funtanilla family)
The Medical Examiner’s Office today identified the victims of a murder-suicide that occurred on New Year’s Day in Kapolei.
The woman killed in the shooting was identified as Francisca Funtanilla, 56, who friends described as a popular “faith healer” who relieved others’ pains and ailments.
The 32-year-old man who allegedly shot Funtanilla was identified as Rugel Queja, of Waipahu.
Police said Funtanilla was shot by Queja who then shot himself at about 2:30 p.m.
Funtanilla died at the scene, and Queja died at the hospital with a single gunshot wound.
Police were investigating what prompted Queja to shoot Funtanilla.
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Autopsies will be conducted to determine the cause of death of the two.
Funtanilla had four daughters.
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Interesting looks like they weren’t related.
Spiritually.
dISAPPOINTED PATIENT? sO SAD..BUT THERE ARE MANY UNSTABLE PEOPLE OUT THERE
allie and I are unstable as well.
That’s true.
scary!
i guess he did not want to hear the truth……….
This will be a big funeral because of the media’s attention.
Selfish act of leaving four off springs without a parent.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. We are here to help you, 24/7.
By “we” do you mean yourself personally? If so, then post your phone number below.
Her daughters are about his age…. perhaps the mother-in-law disapproves of a mentally ill son-in-law. She has enough empathy and experience to know that and he resents her interference.
[…] A Hawaiian woman described as a popular “faith healer” who soothed people’s aches and pains and illnesses was gunned down in Kapolei on the island of Oahu by a man who then killed himself, police said. Detectives were still searching for a motive in the New Year’s Day murder-suicide. The victim was identified by the coroner as Francisca Funatanilla, 56, and the shooter as Rugel Queja of Waipahu. (Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser) […]