Police link fatal shootings in Pearl City and 'Aiea
By Curtis Lum and Peter Boylan
Advertiser Staff Writers
Three men who are charged in the shooting death and robbery of a man on Saturday in the parking lot of Pearl City Shopping Center were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of another man in 'Aiea six days earlier.
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Police yesterday also arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of Greg Morishima, 49, at an 'Aiea home Oct. 26. Jason Rumbawa was arrested at Heald College at Kapi'olani Boulevard on suspicion of murder and on four separate firearm charges, including possession of a prohibited weapon.
Micah Kanahele, 22, Rosalino Ramos, 22, and Kevin Harris, 26, were arraigned before Judge James Dannenberg.
None of the four men has been charged in connection with that murder.
Morishima, a parking supervisor at Aloha Stadium, was gunned down when three masked men confronted him in the garage of a Pamoha Place home in 'Aiea.
Police had said that Morishima's murder was linked to the shooting death of Guyan Nuuhiwa, 26, in Pearl City on Saturday, but would not elaborate because all the suspects had not been arrested. Winston Domingo, 24, was with Nuuhiwa and was wounded when gunfire broke out. Both were shot in the aftermath of an argument with three men at the shopping center, a bustling area of activity with a Longs store open 24 hours a day.
The shopping center is about 2 1/2 miles from the location of the 'Aiea shooting.
The three men are accused of taking a bag of marijuana in the Pearl City case, police said.
Three men have been charged in connection with the Pearl City shooting. Micah Keone Kanahele, 22, was arraigned before Honolulu District Judge James Dannenberg yesterday on murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery, firearm and drug charges. Kanahele is accused of shooting the two men. His bail is set at $1 million.
Police said one of the weapons counts involves a silencer.
Also arraigned were Rosalino Bautista Ramos, 22, and Kevin A. Harris, 26, on charges of first-degree robbery. Bail for each is set at $100,000.
The preliminary hearing for the three men is scheduled for Monday.
Yesterday, Kanahele and Ramos were arrested at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center on suspicion of committing numerous offenses relating to the Morishima shooting. The two were booked on second-degree murder, robbery, and three weapons charges.
Harris was arrested at the main police station on Beretania Street on suspicion of robbery and firearms charges.
Morishima did not live at the 'Aiea home where he was killed. Before Morishima's murder, police had conducted several narcotics raids at the residence.
In April 2002, police found fugitive Clinton Candelario at the Pamoho Place home. Candelario, who had a history of drug use, fled through the neighborhood to Kauhale Street, where he was fatally shot by police while trying to steal a car.
In the Pearl City shooting, Nuuhiwa died of multiple gunshot wounds. He was shot four times in the head and neck. Domingo is hospitalized with gunshot wounds to the shoulder, leg and arm.
Kanahele is charged with 14 counts, including eight related to the Pearl City shooting. The additional six counts, four alleging firearm violations and two drug offenses, came after Kanahele's arrest on Tuesday. Police said they found crystal methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe during a search of a nylon bag that Kanahele had when he was booked Tuesday.
Kanahele has a criminal history that includes an April 2000 conviction for firearm offenses.
Advertiser Staff Writer Rod Ohira contributed to this report. Reach Peter Boylan at pboylan@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-8110.
