Police are investigating the theft of three assault rifles, seven handguns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition in a burglary of a Sunset Beach residence that occurred between 8 a.m. yesterday and 2:30 a.m. today.

The missing weapons include AR7, AR7T and AR15 rifles; two Glock and two Ruger semiautomatic pistols, two Lesbauer .45-caliber semiautomatic handguns, and a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, said police.

The firearms were taken from the bedroom of a residence on the 58-400 block Kamehameha Highway. Police said the guns may not be registered locally.

"Someone who would steal guns is someone with nothing to lose because stealing guns is a federal offense," David Graves of Collectable Arms Unlimited. "The gun community here is close so it would be difficult to sell them here. More likely, they'll be shipped somewhere else."

Graves said Hawai'i law requires registration of all firearms within 24 to 48 hours of their arrival here.

Pedestrian hit by car Thursday dies

A 78-year-old female pedestrian struck by a car in Chinatown on Thursday died last night at The Queen's Medical Center.

The medical examiner's office identified the victim as Mildred Richards.

Police said Richards was struck by a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro being driven by a 78-year-old man on North King Street near Kekaulike Street at 8:35 a.m.

Richards is O'ahu's 60th traffic fatality of the year.

Police seek help in car-theft case

Police are seeking information about an armed robbery in which a rental car was stolen from a San Diego man on Oct. 29 in Waimanalo.

The visitor, 42, was parked outside of Mel's Market at 41-1029 Kalaniana'ole Hwy. at 7:40 p.m. when he was confronted by a man armed with a .45-caliber pistol, who ordered him out of the car. The suspect was last seen driving toward Makapu'u in the stolen gold-colored 2001 Chevrolet Impala, license number JPU600.

The car has not yet been recovered.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Taro Nakamura at 529-3382 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *Crime from a cellular telephone.

Fisherman who died identified

The long-line fisherman who died early yesterday after a confrontation with the captain of a fishing boat at Kewalo Basin was identified today as Harris Moses, 42.

Moses reportedly was intoxicated when he and the captain began arguing at 12:50 a.m., police said. The two men reportedly fell on the deck during a struggle and Moses was knocked unconscious. He was later pronounced dead at Straub Clinic & Hospital.