A 72-year-old man who police said fatally shot a man in Aiea on Saturday during a road rage incident was charged Monday with murder and firearm violations.
Darryl Freeman of Aiea was charged with second-degree murder and three firearm offenses. His bail was set at $2 million.
Police said Freeman and the victim, Keenyn Pahio, got into an argument shortly before noon Saturday on Moanalua Road in front of Aiea Shopping Center. Witnesses reported the two men were involved in a road rage incident prior to the shooting, police said.
Freeman left his van and shot Pahio before driving away, police said.
A woman who heard the gunshot said she looked to see Pahio outside of his car, slumped against Freeman’s white van, looking like someone changing the van’s tire in the middle of traffic. She said the driver of the van drove away and Pahio fell to the ground.
Good Samaritans rushed to Pahio’s aid, wrapping his wound and administering CPR, she said.
Pahio, 31, a father of three young children, was taken to a hospital, where he died, police said. His family said his two daughters were in the car at the time.
Police found Freeman shortly afterward at his home about 2 miles away. He hid inside his home on Heen Way, but police talked him into surrendering.
Shot fired in Maui restaurant confrontation
WAILUKU >> Maui police have launched an investigation following a shooting Monday at a McDonald’s.
The incident was reported shortly before 3:30 p.m. when officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at the restaurant at 2138 Main St.
Maui Police Lt. Gregg Okamoto said a confrontation occurred and that as the vehicle fled the scene, at least one gunshot was fired by an officer.
No injuries were reported, and police closed off the parking lot to conduct an investigation. A police evidence specialist was on scene taking photos of the property including the drive-thru area in the moments after the incident.
The restaurant was closed for the duration of the investigation.
Maui police described the vehicle as a brown Hyundai Elantra four-door sedan, with the front license plate LEK-707.
The public is advised not to approach this vehicle, but to instead call 244-6407.
Motorist dies, 2 hurt in West Oahu crash
One man died and two others were seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle crash Monday near Honokai Hale.
An Emergency Medical Services report said a 60-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene at about 3:40 p.m.
Paramedics treated a 48-year-old woman and another 60-year-old man and took them in serious condition to a hospital.
Police closed both town-bound lanes and one Waianae-bound lane on Farrington Highway at Laaloa Street shortly before 4 p.m.
Bumper-to-bumper traffic backed up for miles. The road was reopened at about 7:35 p.m.
“I saw on the far left two cars in the bushes,” said passer-by Jason Laquihon, reached by telephone. “There was also a minivan in the middle of the road with the front end smashed.”
Laquihon, who was driving toward Waianae, said one of the cars had the front driver’s-side roof smashed in.