SAM:
A SATURDAY NIGHT OUT FOR DINNER,
A TENSE AND
SCARY SITUATION FOR DOZENS AT
THE KAHALA HOTEL AND RESORT.
THAT'S AFTER A MAN BARRICADES
HIMSELF IN A HOTEL ROOM AND
FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS.
LAUREN DAY HAS BEEN AT THE
KAHALA GATHERING INFORMATION...
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE VERY
LATEST. LAUREN?
SAM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS IS A
TERRIFYINGND TENSE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR
FOLKS AT THE KAHALA HOTEL.
MANY IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER
WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED ON THE
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
IN TACTICAL GEAR RUNNING THROUGH
THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH AN
ACTIVE SITUATION. SOURCES TELL
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
ROOM.
FOR EVERYONE HERE AT THE HOTEL,
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW SCARY THIS
HEARING DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE
SHELTERING IN PLACE INSIDE THE
BALLROOM.
MANY ON THE VERGE OF TEARS NOT
KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
CAPT BRIAN LYNCH, HPD: SO THE
REPORT OF THE SHOTS FIRED
OCCURRED AND SECURITY HAD GONE
TO THE HOTEL ROOM AND
INVESTIGATE, AND WHILE
THEY WERE APPARENTLY THE SUSPECT
SHOT THRU THE DOOR. AND
THANKFULLY THE SECURITY GUARD
WASN'T STANDING IN FRONT OF THE
RESPONDING UNITS WERE ABLE TO
CONTAIN THE THREAT . RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE AN ADULT MALE CONTAINED
IN A
HOTEL ROOM. THE ADJOINING ROOMS
SO THERE'S NOBODY AT RISK OR IN
DANGER OF GETTING HURT
LAUREN: WHAT WAS GOING THRU YOUR
MIND AT THAT MOMENT? WE'VE HAD
SO MANY ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BUT
YOU NEVER THINK IT'S GONNA
HAPPEN HERE RIGHT? REX: NO
THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THE ONE
THING ..FIRST IT WAS SORT OF
FEELING
OF FRUSTRATION THAT THIS IS
TOUCHING SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES
OVER AND OVER AGAIN >
REX JAKOVOVITS, WITNESS: AND
POLICE YELLING AT ME LIKE ..GET
OUT GET OUT! I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING
ON. I SAW THEY HAD THEIR GUNS
AND THEY WERE ALL IN AN INTENSE
MOMENT. JUST RAN INTO THE
RESTAURANT AND THEY HERDED US
ALL INTO THE BALLROOM.
PEOPLE WERE PRETTY UPSET FOR THE
FIRST 10 MIN OR SO, SOME PEOPLE
WERE CRYING
REX JAKOVOVITS, WITNESS: I TOOK
A PICTURE AND TEXTED IT TO MY
WIFE AND SAID I WAS OK
LAUREN:
SAM?
SAM:
LAUREN, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA
OF THE AMOUNT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE ON SCENE?
LAUREN:
AND FOR FOLKS WHO WEREN'T IN
THEIR HOTEL ROOMS AT THE TIME
WHEN THE GUN
FIRE RANG OUT, WHERE ARE THEY
LAUREN:
SAM:
IN OTHER NEWS...
A POTENTIAL MILILTARY PROJECT IS
RAISING CONCERNS ON OAHU'S NORTH
SHE.
TWO SITES ARE BEING CONSIDERED
FOR A 2- BILLION-DOLLAR HOMELAND