GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM Attempted-murder suspect Hal Feliciano, shown yesterday in District Court, will be arraigned June 20 on charges of shooting his cousin Alex Stoesser in the head on Sunday.

Police say cousin confessed

A man is held for trial as the
shooting victim remains in a coma

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By Debra Barayuga
dbarayuga@starbulletin.com

A Pacific Palisades man accused of shooting his cousin in the head allegedly admitted to police he was the shooter.

Hal Junior Feliciano, 43, is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail for second-degree attempted murder and firearms charges in connection with the Sunday shooting of his cousin Alex Stoesser.

Stoesser remains in a coma at Queen's Medical Center.

Honolulu police evidence specialist Kaleo Kaluhiokalani testified yesterday at an evidentiary hearing that he was examining Feliciano's hands for gun powder residue when Feliciano told him, in so many words, "No need check my left hand. I shot him with my right."

Stoesser of Ewa Beach apparently was driving his truck along Komo Mai Drive in Pearl City just before noon on Sunday when he pulled alongside Feliciano, who was walking on the side of the road.

Lucian Bond, a passenger in a passing car, said the truck caught her attention because it was parked on the wrong side of the road.

As she got closer, she saw a man wearing blue shorts and a brown shirt standing outside the truck talking to the driver.

"We passed, and it seems the split second we passed, I heard a pop," she said.

She said she looked back, and the man was still standing by the truck. The driver of the truck, however, was slumped in his seat, she said.

She told her driver to stop and pull over as she grabbed her cellular phone to call 911.

When the truck began rolling down the hill, she said the man in the shorts turned and walked slowly toward Pacific Palisades.

District Judge David Lo found there was probable cause to try Feliciano on the charges, and set his arraignment for June 20 in Circuit Court.

Stoesser sustained a gunshot wound to his right eye, and a bullet is still inside his brain, Detective Sheryl Sunia testified.

Deputy Public Defender Todd Eddins said Feliciano is an Air Force veteran and suffers from schizophrenia.

He said it was premature to speculate on the defense at this early stage.