Nainoa Damon, 19, charged in fatal Round Top Drive shooting appears in court

The 19-year-old man charged in connection with Friday’s shooting death of an 18-year-old man during an alleged botched robbery at Tantalus made his initial court appearance at Honolulu District Court this morning.

Nainoa M.K. Damon appeared before Judge Summer Kupau-Odo via video conference from the courthouse cellblock on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Ha’aheo Kolona.

Damon was also charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree terroristic threatening, two counts of carrying a firearm in commission of a separate felony and another firearms count. His bail is set at $1 million.

The deadly shooting occurred at a scenic lookout on Round Top Drive at about 1:50 a.m. Friday.

Police said a suspect, identified as Damon, drove up to a group of males at the lookout. He approached an 18-year-old man, pointed a gun at his head and demanded his property, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

Kolona pointed a firearm at Damon after Damon allegedly attempted to rob Kolona’s friend, police added.

Police said Damon shot Kolona in the abdomen and fled with another person in a 1998 Toyota Camry.

Kolona was taken in a private vehicle to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

On Saturday, Damon turned himself in at the Wahiawa Police Station where he was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder.