Police arrested a 43-year-old Maili man in the shooting death of a 63-year-old woman, possibly his mother, at his home Friday.

Homicide Lt. Phillip Lavarias said officers responded to a report of four to five shots coming from the house at about 3:35 p.m.

Upon arrival they found the woman dead and the man armed with a gun, Lavarias said. No one else was at home when police arrived.

Police said the victim and suspect are likely related and argued before the shooting, but police could not confirm any other details regarding their relationship.

Officers were able to talk the man into surrendering the weapon, Lavarias said. Police arrested him on suspicion of one count of second-degree murder and transported him to a hospital with minor injuries sustained during the arrest. Officers did not shoot at the suspect, Lavarias said.

The suspect is a resident of the home, but police could not confirm whether the woman also lived there. Police said a truck that left the house before the shooting could have been someone fleeing the scene.

The house is at 87-436 Farrington Highway, across from Maili Beach Park and near St. Johns Road.

Police radio communications initially indicated the suspect “shot the mom in the leg” and that he was armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Lavarias would not confirm the type of gun used in the shooting.

Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene at 3:43 p.m.

Litia Mira, a Waianae resident who was spending time with family at nearby Maili Beach Park on Friday, said she heard a “pow pow pow” noise and initially thought somebody was hitting something. Then she and her family realized it was gunshots.

“The last sounded like it was right outside (the house). The last one was super loud.”

She said she heard multiple shots fired and said her son-in-law told her he had seen a truck pull out of the house’s garage and head toward Waianae before the shooting.

She said she saw a girl pull up to the house in a red car after the shooting and heard her screaming.

“We came down to the beach, and we didn’t expect anything like this,” she said. “It’s a small community so everybody knows each other. It’s a really sad thing to have happened.”

Next-door neighbor Scott Bulacan said he was at work when he got a call from his terrified wife, who looked out the window and could see police all around.

“I told my wife and daughter to get out of the house because if they do have a shootout, it’s a single wall,” he said. “If my neighbor starts shooting and the cops start shooting, I don’t know where the bullets would fly.”

Bulacan said a husband and wife in their 40s have lived at the house with their son, who is in his early 20s, for about five years.

Bulacan said they were a normal family with normal problems.

“I’m sorry for my neighbors,” he said.