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Police waiting to talk to victim
Police said yesterday they are still waiting to talk to Naomi Noguchi, the 45-year-old 'Aiea woman who survived after being shot four times Monday night by boyfriend Kenny Tanaka, 50.
Noguchi remained at The Queen's Medical Center, which was not releasing information about her condition.
The Medical Examiner's Office has concluded Tanaka killed himself with a gunshot wound to the chest after killing Noguchi's mother, Yang Suk Pak, 66, with a single gunshot to the head, and wounding Noguchi.
Noguchi's son, an 8-year-old who called for help after seeing his grandmother shot and finding the bleeding bodies of Noguchi and Tanaka in a bedroom, is being cared for by family members.
Man arrested in bomb threat
A 36-year-old Big Island man faces terroristic threatening charges in connection with a bomb threat Tuesday night.
The man, a resident of Puako in Kohala, is accused of telling an employee at the Mauna Lani Bay resort that he had a bomb. After making the threat, the man left a small duffel bag in the hotel lobby and ran, police said.
The hotel employee and security guards caught the man.
Members of the U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit were called to inspect the bag and its contents. Police said there was no explosive device in the bag.
The man was being held in the Kona police cellblock yesterday.
Japan visitor, 72, dies at Hanauma
A 72-year-old man died after he was found floating in Hanauma Bay yesterday afternoon.
The visitor from Japan was found face down with snorkeling gear at about 12:05 p.m. Lifeguards said he was about 20 yards off shore and unconscious.
Emergency personnel attempted to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at 1:13 p.m. at Straub Clinic and Hospital. An autopsy will be performed.
Police raid gaming facility in McCully
Police vice officers seized $11,500 cash and more than $2,000 worth of electronic surveillance and gambling equipment early yesterday in McCully.
The gambling activity at 1738 S. King St. near Washington Intermediate School was an all-day and all-week operation, police said. Yesterday's 2:30 a.m. raid on the baccarat capped a month-long investigation initiated by complaints from area businesses and residents, police said.
Twenty-five people were questioned but police charged only three with second-degree promotion of gambling, a misdemeanor.
Wai Shiu Chan, 56; Xi Di He, 37, and Hua'en Shi, 30, were released on $100 bail. The three men represented the dealer, cashier and manager of the operation, police said.
Unlike the baccarat operation busted on Sept. 26 in Waikiki, this one did not involve equipment rigged for cheating, police said.
