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2 hospitalized A shootout inside a Kapahulu pawn shop yesterday afternoon left two men hospitalized last night.
after shootout in
Kapahulu pawn shop
Both the store owner and the
shooting suspect were injuredBy Lisa Asato
lasato@starbulletin.comIt first appeared that the incident at GH Camera Pawn & Gold Exchange was an attempted "robbery gone bad," said Sgt. Patrice Gionson of the Honolulu Police Department.
However, additional information from witnesses may suggest it was not a robbery, Gionson said, declining to give details.
Police were called to the pawn shop at 936 Kapahulu Ave. shortly before 4 p.m.
The 52-year-old shop owner was shot with what appeared to be a 9 mm gun, Gionson said. He had two wounds, one in his chest and one in his side.
Both the owner, who was alone in the shop at the time, and the 34-year-old suspect "were shot multiple times," Lt. Alan Anami said. A number of bullets also went through the shop's window.
"A car was hit by a stray bullet as it drove mauka-bound on Kapahulu," Anami said. A woman who was in the car was shaken, but not injured.
Dave Leggitt, who lives two apartment buildings behind the pawn shop, said he was on his patio with friends when he heard a gunshot.
He said his neighbor saw a blond man running from the scene with blood on his forehead and shoulder. The man had jumped over a fence and headed through a park toward Market City Shopping Center, he said.
Police apprehended the suspect at about 4:10 p.m. behind a Kihei Place home next to Market City Shopping Center.
Both injured men were taken to Queen's Medical Center by ambulance. An ambulance dispatcher said that when they were transported to the hospital, the suspect was in serious but stable condition and the shop owner was in critical condition.
Queen's would not provide any information last night on their conditions, but police said both men required surgery.
Police closed several blocks of Kapahulu from Kaimuki Avenue to Mokihana Street until 7 p.m. yesterday as they investigated.