3 accused in shooting
ordered to stand trialThe men are charged in a
fatal Nov. 1 incident in Pearl City
More details of a shooting and drug robbery Nov. 1 in the Pearl City Shopping Center parking lot were revealed during a preliminary hearing that resumed yesterday in District Court.
Micah Kanahele, 22, is charged with second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder, and various firearm and drug offenses in the death of Guylan Nuuhiwa, who was selling marijuana.
Charged with first-degree robbery in connection with the shooting were Kevin Harris, 26, and Rosalino Ramos, 22. Harris also faces an additional charge of unauthorized entry into a car.
District Judge Leslie Hayashi ruled that there was sufficient evidence to order the three to stand trial in Circuit Court. They will be arraigned Nov. 28. Kanahele remains in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, with Harris and Ramos being held on $100,000 bail apiece.
Harris, who rode with Kanahele to Pearl City to purchase a quarter-pound of marijuana, told police that on the way there, he saw Kanahele put a pistol in his waistband and believed "Micah would rip the dope."
When Nuuhiwa demanded $1,600 for the marijuana and refused an offer of $1,480, Kanahele allegedly pulled out a gun.
Harris told police he wrestled with Nuuhiwa, a childhood friend, over the marijuana to get Nuuhiwa out of the car and out of harm's way because Kanahele was threatening to shoot, homicide Detective Ted Coons testified yesterday.
"He figured if he got the dope, it wouldn't get blown out of proportion, and no one would get hurt," Coons said.
Harris also told police that Ramos, who showed up separately in his truck, had a knife and went after Nuuhiwa with it but retreated when gunshots rang out. Harris admitted they took the bag of marijuana when he and Kanahele fled, Coons said.
When Kanahele was later arrested at a Waipahu address, police found a rifle and pistol in the car he was riding. Harris later told police the guns belonged to Kanahele and were used in an Oct. 26 killing in Aiea. Kanahele, Ramos, Harris and another man, Jason Rumbawa, have been charged in that killing.
On Monday, Winston Domingo, an acquaintance of Kanahele, testified that when he saw Kanahele shoot Nuuhiwa, he tried to flee but was shot himself at least three times. Harris told police it was Kanahele who yelled at Ramos to shoot again.
Deputy public defender Todd Eddins, who represents Ramos, said the prosecution is relying on the testimony of a individual "who certainly is not Mr. Clean" to implicate Ramos.
But Deputy Prosecutor Lucianne Khalaf said the state has offered sufficient evidence that Ramos acted "in concert with Micah Kanahele," who used a firearm to injure Nuuhiwa and is therefore liable as an accomplice.
Kanahele, Harris, Ramos and Rumbawa are scheduled to appear Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on murder charges in the Oct. 26 shooting that killed Aiea resident Greg Morishima.
Morishima, 49, was gunned down at a friend's Pamoho Street home by four masked men looking for "ice."
Yesterday, police arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of hindering prosecution for lying to police about Ramos' whereabouts the evening of Nov. 1. Police learned she had accompanied Ramos to the Pearl City Shopping Center parking lot.
