Rodney Joseph, 35, of Makaha and Ethan Motta, 34, of Hilo are charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, one count of second-degree attempted murder and four firearm offenses.

The attempted-murder count is in connection with the shooting of a third man — Tinoimalu Sao, 42 — who is in critical condition at The Queen’s Medical Center.

Police, meanwhile, are still seeking to arrest Kevin "Pancho" Gonsalves, 33, for questioning about the shooting. Gonsalves has eluded police in the Wai'anae area since being spotted Thursday.

The court paperwork for Joseph and Motta was stamped with "cash-only" bail for $1 million.

But attorney Michael Green, who was retained Friday to represent Joseph, said the "cash only" condition appeared to be a clerical error and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chastity Tom did not disagree.

District Judge Bert Ayabe confirmed bail at $1 million, dropping the "cash-only" condition, but denied Green’s request for a reduction in bail to the $250,000 range.

Motta was represented today by a public defender. Attorney Reginald Minn was in court today with Motta’s family but said he was "an observer."

Preliminary hearings for Joseph and Motta are scheduled for Wednesday at District Court.

Officers from the Honolulu Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit aided homicide detectives yesterday as police expanded their search for Gonsalves.

Yesterday’s search for Gonsalves stretched from Wai'anae into Honolulu. On Friday, officers searched in Ma'ili. Police said Gonsalves should be considered armed and dangerous.

"We want to get them (suspects) all in and talk to them," said Homicide Lt. Bill Kato.

Wednesday’s shooting was the result of a turf war between groups that provide protection for illegal gambling houses, police said.

The shooting erupted after an argument over money. Also contributing to the violence was an argument over the logistics of providing security for the gambling houses, said a police source who declined to be named because the investigation is ongoing.

Police said yesterday that Gonsalves may have been one of the gunmen. Police have not said how many shooters were involved in Wednesday’s killings, but they did recover shell casings from two handguns — a .22 caliber and a .38 caliber.

Before they died, the victims told police that Joseph and Motta shot them, according to an affidavit.

Nixon Maumalanga, 30, arrested Wednesday at the golf course, was not charged in connection with the shooting and was released pending investigation.

Police said yesterday they think Maumalanga drove the victims to the meeting in the upper parking lot of the golf course and that he was seen by witnesses running away from the scene.

Police said the shooting had connections to a July 30 brawl at a gambling house on Young Street between two groups that provide security for illegal game rooms. Sao, who was beaten in the fight, testified in court that he sometimes worked as a security guard at illegal gambling houses.