THE KAHALA HOTEL AND RESORT IS
CURRENTLY ON LOCKDOWN.
DETAILS ARE STILL LIMITED, BUT
WE KNOW THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN ON
SCENE FOR
THE PAST TWO HOURS.
LAUREN DAY IS STANDING BY LIVE.
LAUREN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
LAUREN:
SAM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS A
TERRIFYING AND TENSE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR
FOLKS AT THE KAHALA HOTEL.
MANY IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED ONHE
PROPERTY.
LAUREN:
THE ENTIRE RESORT QUICKLY WENT
ON LOCK DOWN. THE POLICE
PRESENCE OUR HERE IS
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. GUESTS
TELL US THEY SAW DOZENS OF
OFFICERS
IN TACTICAL GEAR RUNNING THROUGH
THE PROPERTY. THIS IS STILL VERY
MUCH AN ACTIVE SITUATION.
SOURCES TELL ME THIS IS S A
DOMESTIC SITUATION, THAT A MAN
FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS THROUGH HIS
HOTEL ROOM DOOR ON THE 4TH
FLOOR. IM TOLD HE HAS SINCE
BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE HIS
FOR EVERYONE HERE AT THE HOTEL,
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW SCARY THIS
SITUATION IS. IM
HEARING DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE
SHELTERING IN PLACE INSIDE THE
BALLROOM.
MANY ON THE VERGE OF TEARS NOT
KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
BRIAN SMITH, WITNESS: I GOT HERE
ABOUT AN HR AGO. WHEN I SHOWED
UP IT WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11 DIFF
COP CARS 32.13 SHOULD'VE TURNED
OFFICERS PULLING OUT AN ASSAULT
RIFLE OUT OF HIS TRUCK 32.18
;32;19;51 KINDA BL IT OFF.
WENT IN ANYWAY 32.22 VALET TOOK
MY KEYS, PARKED MY CAR AND MY
WALLET'S IN MY CAR 32.29 THEN
SUDDEN, I DUNNO, ABOUT 20 PPL
STARTED RUNNING OUT OF THE
RESTAURANT INSIDE 32.34
19;32;36;11 I WENT AHEAD AND
TO FIND OUT OF COURSE THERE'S AN
..I WAS TOLD ACTIVE SHOOTER.
COREY FUNAI, WITNESS: I PULLED
UP FOR VALET AT ABOUT 6:20 FOR
DINNER RESERVATION AT 6:30 AND
THERE WAS ALREADY AMBULANCES TWO
ABOUT AND AT LEAST 12 OFFICER
VEHICLES. A LOT OF PATROL CARS
OFFICER YELLED AT ME TO GET IN
REAL QUICK AND THEN
WE GOT LOCKED DOWN AND THEN
WITHIN A HALF HOUR OF THAT THEY
SHUT DOWN KAHALA ENTRANCE TO THE
COUNTRY CLUB
COREY FUNAI, WITNESS: INITIALLY
WE JUST SAW ONE OR TWO OFFICERS
IN THE REGULAR UNIFORM COME IN
WITH I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
GUN THAT IS
SOME KIND OF GUN. RIFEL OR AR OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN THE
FATIGUE OFFICERS ALL CAME IN TWO
CREWS OF THAT WALKED IN. THE
BIGGER CREW THAT
I SENT YOU IN THE VIDEO AND A
FEW RANDOMS AFTER THAT HEADING
TO THE ELEVATORS NORTHEAST OF
THE MAIN LOBBY TO SEARCH OR TO
CONFRONT
LAUREN:
AGAIN THIS ALL STARTED AROUND
630 THIS EVENING, WE RECEIVED
SEVERAL CALLS INTO OUR NEWSROOM
THAT THE HOTEL
PUT OUT ON THE LOUDSPEAKER THAT
EVERYONE NEEDED TO STAY INSIDE
THE ROOMS THAT THE RESORT WAS
LOCKDOWN.
UREN:
OBVIOUY POLICE RIGHT NOW WE'RE
STILL WORKING TO CALM THE
SITUATION. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT
THE MAN WHO FIRED
SHOTS FROM HIS HOTEL ROOM IS
STILL LOCKED INSIDE THAT ROOM.
AS OF RIGHT NOW MY SOURCE TELLS
ME THERE ARE NO INJURIES TO
REPORT AT THIS HOUR.
LAUREN DAY KHON2 NEWS WORKING
FOR HAWAII.
SAM:
A POTENTIAL MILILTARY PROJECT IS
RAISING CONCERNS ON OAHU'S NORTH