Police to submit report on Laulusa shooting
Police have completed their internal criminal investigation into the Jan. 22 shooting of Rodney "Banks" Laulusa at Palolo Valley Housing.Lt. Greg Poole of the Internal Affairs Division says the report will be submitted to the prosecutor's office by Wednesday or Thursday. Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Peter Carlisle today said he will make a decision on whether it was a justifiable shooting.
The report includes statements of 30 people, of which 11 or 12 accounts are considered significant, said Poole.
The report, however, does not include statements from the three police officers who allegedly shot Laulusa. The officers declined to be interviewed by investigators.
Laulusa, who was armed with two long fishing knives, was shot 14 times from a distance of about 10 feet. Seventeen casings were recovered, but investigators have determined 20 shots were fired, Poole said.
Laulusa was not legally drunk, and there is no indication he was under the influence of illegal drugs, Poole said.
Roots clog sewer line; raw sewage overflows
Tree roots clogging a sewer line on Waialae Nui Ridge caused raw sewage to overflow from two manholes along Halekoa Drive yesterday. No homes were affected, said the Department of Wastewater Management.An estimated 1,400 gallons of raw sewage spilled near 1747 Halekoa Drive, and about 120 gallons spilled when another manhole overflowed at 1487 Halekoa Drive. The areas have been disinfected.
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By Star-Bulletin staffGang stabs car driver repeatedly in groin
An 18-year-old Waipahu man was in guarded condition today with multiple stab wounds to his groin and thighs from an early-morning attack yesterday at Hau Bush in Ewa Beach.The man reportedly was attacked by a group of five to 10 men at about 2:30 a.m. after two teen-age girls he was with left his car to use the restroom, police said.
When the girls returned, they found their companion surrounded by the men, police said. The girls were not injured, and the assailants, who fled the scene in several cars, are still at large.
The man was taken to St. Francis-West Hospital and later transferred to Queen's Hospital.
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Teen-age girls report sex assaults at concert
Police are investigating complaints from two girls, ages 16 and 17, that they were sexually assaulted Saturday night during a concert at Blaisdell Center.The girls told police they were assaulted by two men, 23 and 20, who are members of a rap group.
No arrests have been made.
Police are investigating the case as a second-degree sexual assault and kidnapping.
Beating may be cause of Waipahu man's death
Ronald Ching, a 61-year-old Waipahu man, died yesterday in Queen's Hospital from head injuries suffered in a fight Friday night at Campbell Industrial Park.During a party at a Hanua Street moving company where he formerly worked, a fight involving Ching reportedly broke out, police said.
Three friends dropped off an unconscious Ching later at his Kipou Street home. He was taken to St. Francis-West Hospital and later transferred to Queen's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:20 a.m. yesterday.
In other news . . .
WAILUKU -- A kayaker and a surfer were pulled out of Auau Channel off Lanai yesterday morning after having difficulty returning to land, the Coast Guard said. The kayaker had trouble getting back to Maui because of the current and wind, and began drifting toward Lanai, the Coast Guard said. A surfer went out to help the kayaker, but the Coast Guard received a call at 7:30 a.m. Both men, Maui residents, were rescued about a mile off Lanai about 8:10 a.m.
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