Newswatch


By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, November 25, 1996



Village Park home
target of 3 drive-by shootings

A Village Park residence on Kupuna Loop was the target of a drive-by shooting this morning for the third time in less than 30 hours.

No one was injured in the 3 a.m. incident.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for attempted murder following a shooting that left one man wounded Saturday night at the same residence.

At about 10:45 p.m., a white Toyota passed by as a party was going on at 94-529 Kupuna Loop near Kehela Street, and two men at the party ran out and threw beer bottles at the car, police said.

The car stopped about a block away, and two men got out, one armed with a pistol.

The gunman shot a 19-year-old man in the right forearm.

The wounded man's companion, 25, then got in a fist fight with the second occupant of the car, receiving a laceration to the head. The shooting victim was treated at St. Francis Hospital West.

Two hours later, a man, 19, allegedly fired several shots near the scene of the earlier incident.

He was arrested, and a .25-caliber automatic was recovered.



Aquarium seeks funding for
seagoing research ship

McKinley High School science teacher Dennis Santiago for 20 years has used the University of Hawaii's Blue-Water Marine Laboratory to give his students a hands-on lesson in marine biology.

The marine laboratory, a sea-going classroom since 1973, has introduced tens of thousands of Hawaii students to basic marine science research techniques. The program - held in the fall and spring - uses high school students as cruise instructors while UH undergraduates serve as cruise leaders and oversee instruction.

For many students, it is their first time at-sea, face-to-face with the plankton and coral they have only read about in books or seen in pictures.

Despite its popularity recent budget cuts to the Waikiki Aquarium - which operates the lab - has forced it to literally abandon ship next Spring. The UH research vessel Kila hosted half-day cruises.

Although it is seeking a five-year grant to fund the trips, the aquarium will now offer only shore-based marine education until funding is obtained, Hopper said.



Resident asks motorists
for a brake

Bob Kilthau is pulling out all the stops to get motorists to hit the brakes.

Most days he stands outside his Foster Village home, a Sony walkman plugged in his ears and a 35 mm camera strap wound around his right hand, flashing a sign at passing motorists. In big, bold letters it reads: Please slow to 25 mph.

The 60-year-old retired Marine engineer says he'll do anything to get the attention of motorists zipping along Haloa Drive.

"Some little kid is going to get killed," said Kilthau, whose four sons graduated from nearby Radford High School.

He's written to city officials to get speed bumps on the roadway, asking for four-way stop signs at Haloa Drive and Kukila Street and urging them to paint the crosswalks with bolder, more visible white lines. Nearly all his appeals have been rejected.

"We just got tired of all these speeders," Kilthau said. "It's just getting worse all the time."



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Police/Fire


By Star-Bulletin staff



Alcohol called a factor
in two deadly crashes

Alcohol was a contributing factor in two of three deadly crashes this weekend, raising Oahu's traffic fatality count for the year to 67.

A 21-year-old man was killed yesterday when a pickup truck that crossed over the center lane collided with his motorcycle on Diamond Head Road at 2:56 a.m.

The pickup's driver surrendered to police after fleeing the scene. He was arrested for failure to render aid, negligent homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Alcohol was also a contributing factor in another fatal accident Saturday on Kamehameha Highway, north of Mililani, police said.

A Waipio man, 51, was killed when he was struck while riding a bicycle at 12:10 a.m. near Waihau Street. A Navy man, 29, was arrested for first-degree negligent homicide and driving under the influence.

Neither speed nor alcohol, however, were factors in a pedestrian fatality Saturday. A 1-year-old boy was killed, and his 21-year-old mother injured when they were struck by a car at 8:15 p.m. while crossing Farrington Highway near Nanakuli Gardens.



Gunshot wound to face
critically injures man

A man with a gunshot wound to the face went to Queen's Hospital after his wife reported finding him shortly before 6:45 a.m. yesterday in the 700 block of Ahua Street in Mapunapuna.

Queen's later listed him as critically hurt. A firearm was recovered. It was unclear whether the case was an attempted homicide or attempted suicide, police said.

The couple lived nearby, and the wife had gone looking for her husband a short time earlier, a detective said.



Other Police/Fire headlines
in today’s Star-Bulletin:

  • Man apparently drowns in Hanauma Bay
  • Golf course worker dies after chain strikes him
  • Air conditioner problem suspected in Maui fire
  • Police charge man with fondling boy in restroom
  • Blaze damages house in rural Ainaloa area
  • Fire causes $185,000 in damage at Maui home
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