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Posted at 10:19 a.m., Friday, January 4, 2002

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

2 questioned in Kalihi New Year's gunfire

Detectives yesterday questioned and released two Kalihi Valley brothers who are suspected of firing at least four gunshots at neighboring homes on New Year's Eve.

The brothers — one 33, the other 40 — are being investigated on possible reckless endangerment charges.

Police said the brothers are suspected of firing bullets between 6:30 p.m. Monday and 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Bullets were fired into a home on Violet Street and another on Nihi Street. There were no injuries.

Police seeking would-be Longs Drugs robber

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department need the public's help in finding a man who tried to rob a Longs Drug Store yesterday in the Kamehameha Shopping Center, 1620 N. School St.

The suspect entered the store and approached a cashier at 12:25 p.m., demanding money.

When the cashier, a 27-year-old woman, told him she needed a key to open it, the suspect pointed a gun at her and again demanded money. She repeated that she needed a key.

The suspect fled in a blue van and was last seen on Makuahine Street. He is described as a muscular, Polynesian male in his late 20s or early 30s, 5-foot-8 to 6-feet tall and 160 to 180 pounds.

He was wearing a gray beanie, a gray sweatshirt with the words "Polo Jeans" on the chest and baggy blue jeans with a yellow floral print rag hanging out of a pocket.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 529-3383 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.