A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty Thursday in connection with a deadly Christmas night shooting at Ala Moana Center.
Dae Han Moon was arraigned at Circuit Court via closed-circuit video link from the Oahu Community Correctional Center. His attorney, Alen Kaneshiro, entered a plea of not guilty before Judge Colette Garibaldi on Moon’s behalf.
An Oahu grand jury indicted Moon for second-
degree murder and firearm-related offenses in the shooting death of Steve “Stevie” Feliciano, 20. Bail is set at $2 million, and trial was scheduled for the week of March 6.
The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Dec. 25 on the fifth floor of Ala Moana’s Ewa wing parking structure. Feliciano and friends allegedly went there to get marijuana from another person, but before they could pick it up, Moon and his friends arrived in a vehicle.
One of Moon’s friends allegedly started a fight with Feliciano, and others jumped in. After the fight, police said, Moon returned to his car and retrieved a firearm. He allegedly struck Feliciano with it before firing a gunshot into the back of his head.
Feliciano was transported to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he was put on life support and died three days later.
Police launched a manhunt for Moon before he turned himself in Friday morning.
At the time of the shooting, Moon was free on $30,000 bail on charges of auto theft and firearm possession, and for allegedly ramming into a police vehicle and rock wall Dec. 5 attempting to flee police.
William K.C. Kan, 21, charged with first-degree hindering prosecution in connection with Feliciano’s shooting, also appeared in court Thursday. Kan stood before Garibaldi as his attorney entered a plea of not guilty, and trial is also set for the week of March 6.
Police arrested Kan at his Punchbowl home Wednesday and released him on $25,000 bail.
Police are still looking for Lance Bermudez, 25, for hindering prosecution. Kan and Bermudez allegedly threatened a witness.
Anyone with information on Bermudez’s whereabouts is urged to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
