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Woman shot in Kahaluu; police searching for suspect

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Bronson K. Gouveia

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ROB SHIKINA / RSHIKINA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Police investigated a shooting that injured a woman Sunday near the intersection of Waihee Road and Waihee Place in Kahaluu.

Police continue to search for a suspect today after a 31-year-old woman was seriously injured during a shooting in a rural Kahaluu subdivision.

The shooting, which occurred around 12:50 p.m. near the intersection of Waihee Place and Waihee Road, stemmed from a domestic violence incident, and the suspect fled the scene, police said. He was identified as 41-year-old Bronson K. Gouveia and he remained at large Sunday night. He is described as 6-feet-1-inch tall, 272 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He has 22 prior convictions and is known to frequent Waianae and Kaneohe. Officers opened a second-degree attempted murder investigation.

Police said a bullet grazed the woman’s head.

Firefighters responded to treat the woman and turned her over to paramedics at about 1:15 p.m., said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Scot Seguirant. An Emergency Medical Services report said paramedics took the woman in serious condition to a hospital.

Shortly after the incident, police issued an all-points bulletin for the suspect, saying he was seen in a 2008 silver BMW 3-series sedan, Hawaii license plate EF134 with a tinted “Murder 187” sticker on the back windshield, driving toward town on the H-3 freeway, according to police dispatch communications. The bulletin said the suspect used a small handgun in the shooting.

Residents in the quiet neighborhood said they weren’t aware anything had happened until after they heard emergency vehicles arrive.

Anyone with information about the incident or suspect is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone. Anonymous tips may also be submitted via honolulucrimestoppers.org or via the P3 Tips app.

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