WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT THE
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD.
JUSTIN:
AND ABOUT THE THREE MEN HE SHOT.
THE FAMILY OF 30-YEAR-OLD
VINCENT KAPOI JUNIOR CONFIRMED
THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE TWO
WORKERS
KILLED YESTERDAY.
WE ALSO LEARNED THE NAME OF THE
SECOND WORKER WHO WAS KILLED.
HIS FAMILY IDENTIFIED HIM AS
49-YEAR-ROLDAN AGUSTIN.
THE THIRD MAN WHO WAS SHOT
SURVIVED. HE IS 36- YEARS-OLD
AND IS AT QUEEN'S MEDICAL
CENTER.
AS FOR THE GUNMAN... HE'S BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS AS 22-YEAR-OLD G. ROMERO.
ACCORDING TO A PRELIMINARY
REPORT OBTAINED BY FOX NEWS...
ROMERO OPENED FIRE WITH
HIS M-4 SERVICE RIFLE... BEFORE
TURNING HIS M-9 SERVICE PISTOL
ON HIMSELF.
ROMERO IS ASSIGNED TO THE U-S-S
COLUMBIA... WHICH IS CURRENTLY
STATIONED AT PEARL
HARBOR FOR MAINTENANCE.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE ROMERO WAS
LIKELY STANDING WATCH NEAR THE
QUARTERDECK... THE ENTRY
POINT TO THE SUBMARINE FROM THE
PIER... AT THE TIME OF THE
SHOOTING.
GINA:
ACCORDING TO BASE OFFICIALS,
WATCHSTANDERS SERVE AS SENTRIES
FOR VESSELS
WHEN IN PORT OR IN DRYDOCK. THE
WATCHSTANDER IS TYPICALLY A
MEMBER OF A
SHIP'S OR SUBMARINE'S OWN CREW,
AND WATCHSTANDERS ARE ARMED
DURING THEIR
PATROL.
OTHER JOINT-BASE OFFICIALS
PROVIDE SECURITY AT GATES OR AS
ROVING PATROLS.
JUSTIN:
WE HAVE REPORTS FOR YOU FROM
SARA MATTISON ON THE LATEST AT
THE SHIPYARD. GINA:
BUT WE BEGIN WITH MANOLO MORALES
WHO SPENT THE DAY SPEAKING TO
VICTIM'S LOVED ONES.
FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE IDENTIFIED
ONE OF THE MEN WHO WAS FATALLY
SHOT WEDNESDAY AS 30-YEAR-OLD
VINCENT KAPOI JR.
THEY SAY HIS FATHER, BROTHER,
AND SISTER ALSO WORK AT THE
SHIPYARD. AND THEY WERE ALL
THERE WHEN THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED. THEY SAY THAT SHORTLY
AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED, EACH
WORKER HAD TO BE ESCORTED ONE BY
ONE TO GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
THE SECOND MAN KILLED HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY FAMILY AS 49-
YEAR-OLD ROLDAN AGUSTIN. FEDERAL
AGENTS WERE AT THE
HOUSE INTERVIEWING THE FAMILY
EARLIER TODAY. AGUSTIN LIVED IN
EWA WITH HIS MOTHER AND YOUNGER
BROTHER. RELATIVES SAY
HE'S BEEN A WELDER AT PEARL
HARBOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HIS
FATHER, WHO DIED YEARS AGO, ALSO
HAD A LONG CAREER AS A SHIPYARD
WORKER AT PEARL HARBOR.
MANOLO MORALES KHON2 NEWS.
JUSTIN:
THE PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD
IS ONE OF... IF NOT THE LARGEST
THE EMPLOYER IN THE STATE.
GINA:
BUT TODAY NON-ESSENTIAL SHIPYARD
PERSONNEL WERE TOLD TO STAY
HOME.
SARA MATTISON FOLLOWS UP.
SARA?
THAT'S RIGHT...
MANY WERE TOLD NOT TO REPORT TO
WORK TODAY AS THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES. WE ALSO LEARNED
CONTRACTORS ARE CURRENTLY NOT
AUTHORIZED INTO THE CONTROLLED
INDUSTRIAL AREA.
BUT WE'RE TOLD WORK WILL RESUME
TOMORROW MORNING.
WE SPOKE TO RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL
AND FLEET MAINTENANCE OFFICER
ALMA GROCKI AND SHE
TELLS US WORKERS STAYING HOME
COULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE
WORKLOAD.
ALMA GROCKI, RETIRED REAR
ADMIRAL: "THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE
HAD NON ESSENTIAL WORKERS TOLD
TO STAY HOME IS WHEN WE HAD A
GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN"
ALMA GROCKI, RETIRED REAR
ADMIRAL: THE SHIPYARD AND THE
SHIPYARD WORKERS DO MANY MANY
THINGS BUT THEY HAVE FOUND THAT
IS MORE COST
EFFECTIVE TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR
COME IN AND DO A SPECIFIC THING
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
CONTRACTORS COME TO DO THE
SPECIFIC THING IT GETS UNDONE
GROCKI ALSO TELLS US AT THE TIME
OF THE SHOOTING WHICH WAS AROUND
2-30...THAT'S WHEN THERE'S A
SHIFT CHANGE MEANING THERE WERE
MORE PEOPLE AT THE SHIPYARD
DURING THAT TIME.
BACK TO YOU.
THE METAL TRADES DEPARTMENT
ISSUED A STATEMENT ON THE
VICTIMS... SAYING
"BOTH INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
KILLED WERE MEMBERS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL AND
TECHNICAL ENGINEERS...WE ARE
TOLD THAT THE THIRD VICTIM IS IN
STABLE CONDITION. HE IS ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE UNION."
"OUR HAWAII METAL TRADES COUNCIL
IS A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. THE
REPERCUSSIONS OF THIS SENSELESS
TRAGEDY WILL SURELY BE FELT FOR
A
LONG TIME TO COME."
"FEDERAL WORKERS ARE THE
BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY. THEY
DESERVE TO BE SAFE AT WORK."
THE UNION REPRESENTING THE LOCAL
121 MEMBERS SAID IN A
STATEMENT-- "THESE VICTIMS ARE
NOT ONLY DEDICATED IFPTE UNION
MEMBERS, THEY ARE HARD-WORKING
PUBLIC
SERVANTS WHO GO TO WORK EACH DAY
TO SERVE THE TAXPAYERS AND OUR
MILITARY FORCES."
"THEY ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AT PEARL
HARBOR AND ELSEWHERE
THAT GO TO WORK TO EARN A LIVING
AND SERVE THEIR NATION." "NO
WORKER SHOULD HAVE TO GO TO WORK
WITHOUT THE EXPECTATION OF
SAFELY RETURNING TO
THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES."
JUSTIN:
WE ALSO HEARD TODAY FROM FORMER
HAWAII STATE ADJUTANT GENERAL
ROBERT LEE.
MAJ. GEN. ROBERT LEE: "A
SHIPYARD WORKER GOING TO WORK IN
THE MORNING DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE
NOT COMING HOME. THAT ONLY
HAPPENS IN COMBAT. SO I'D LIKE
TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR HEARTFELT
SYMPATHIES ARE FOR THE FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS AT THIS
TIME
AND THEIR COWORKERS."
FROM HAWAII SENATOR BRIAN SCHATZ
-- "OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL
OF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS
TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES
OF THE VICTIMS. FOR OVER A
CENTURY, THE NAVY, THEIR LOCAL
CIVILIAN COLLEAGUES, AND THE
GREATER PEARL HARBOR COMMUNITY
HAVE WORKED
TOGETHER EVERY DAY TO PROTECT
OUR NATION."
"THAT LEGACY IS DEEPLY WOVEN
INTO OUR HISTORY AND OUR STATE.
WHILE WE HONOR THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE
TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT, WE ALSO
OFFER OUR GRATITUDE TO THE NAVY
AND LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS WHO
QUICKLY TOOK ACTION WITH SKILL
AND COURAGE."
JUSTIN:
SEVERAL BIG EVENTS COMING UP
THIS WEEKEND... AND BECAUSE OF
THE SHOOTING AT PEARL HARBOR
SECURITY IS ON THE MINDS OF ALOT
OF PEOPLE.
GINA:
DEC 7TH CEREMONIES
--OFFICIALS WEIGHING AN INCREASE
OF SECURITY
HONOLULU CITY LIGHTS
--PLANS WERE ALREADY IN PLACE TO
INCREASE SECURITY
HONOLULU MARATHON
--NO PLANS FOR SECURITY BEYOND
WHAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED.
GINA:
STAY WITH KHON2 ON AIR AND
ONLINE AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT PEARL
HARBOR..AND BRING YOU ANY NEW
DEVELOPMENTS.
A FAST-MOVING DISTURBANCE ALOFT
WILL LEAD TO THICKENING LAYERED
CLOUDS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
BRING A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING.
ADDITIONALLY, MODERATE TRADE
WINDS WILL DELIVER LOW CLOUDS
AND A FEW SHOWERS TO WINDWARD
AREAS. LIGHT WINDS AND LESS
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
WEEKEND, WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
NIGHTS AND MORNINGS GIVING WAY
TO PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOONS,
WITH JUST A FEW INTERIOR
SHOWERS.
TRADE WINDS WILL BRIEFLY RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT MAY
DIMINISH AGAIN BY THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.
GINA:
COMING UP AT 6... I'M WORKING
ON...
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A REPORT FROM
SPORTS DIRECTOR ROB DEMELLO WHO
IS IN BOISE... PLUS COVERAGE OF
THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE
EDDIE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
IF THERE ARE ANY NEW
DEVELOPMENTS WE'LL SEND OUT A
PUSH ALERT FROM OUR KHON2 MOBILE
APP.
WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THE GAME.