But Patricia Morse also knew that her son had a criminal record — six felony convictions for burglary, robbery and auto theft — and was assigned to the Laumaka Work Furlough facility. And then April 30, just 18 days shy of a scheduled parole hearing, Gordon didn't go back.

She had been expecting a visit the next day, but it never happened.

"It took only one day," she said. "I don't know who he met or what turned him around."

Three weeks later, Gordon Morse's photo appeared on the news. He was being sought as the driver of a pickup that dragged a police officer down Round Top Drive after police confronted him about auto thefts in the area. He was described as a dangerous fugitive and a list of aliases — Scott Pakele, Kele, Kalani and "G" — appeared beside his name.

"From Makiki, I knew he was scared and on the run," Patricia Morse said yesterday of the Round Top Drive incident.

She last spoke with him last Wednesday, when he checked in to tell her that he was OK.

But the next day, a gunfight between Gordon Morse and five police officers at the Mayor Wright housing complex left him dead on a second-floor ledge after police went to the complex to arrest him.

She's now having to explain his death to her grandson and granddaughter, who watched the news reports on TV and are having trouble sorting out the images.

"I tried. I prayed," she added. "I know he loved his children. Maybe now he can find peace."

Although the medical examiner's office and police have not released the identity of the man killed Thursday, Patricia Morse confirmed it was her son and that funeral services would be held July 3 at 10 a.m. at Wai'anae Protestant Church.

Dr. Gayle Suzuki, deputy medical examiner, said yesterday that toxicology test results for drugs and alcohol are pending on the shooting victim.

A 35-year-old man, meanwhile, was arraigned yesterday in district court on a charge of first-degree hindering prosecution in connection with Thursday's shooting. Wade K. Martin is being held in lieu of $35,000 bail.

A police affidavit said Martin allegedly slammed and locked the front door of apartment 33-M at 1211 Pua Lane as police officers approached the third-floor unit looking for Morse. Martin also was one of three men seen by police climbing out of a rear window to the unit onto a ledge.

Martin, however, returned to the unit while Morse and 19-year-old Manuel "Boza" Kalaluhi, climbed down to a second-story ledge, according to the affidavit. Morse allegedly shot at police officers, who returned fire, killing him and wounding Kalaluhi.

A police officer, Ermie Barroga Jr., was wounded.

Barroga was released from The Queen's Medical Center over the weekend. Kalaluhi remains at Queen's, where he is recovering from gunshot wounds to his left hand, forearm, side of the head and abdomen, according to his grandmother Lillian Kalaluhi.

"The bullet still in his head," Randy Kalaluhi said of his son.

Martin was arrested in unit 33-M with Laura Tavares, 33. Tavares was booked on suspicion of first-degree hindering prosecution but later was released pending further investigation.

Manuel Kalaluhi, who was arrested at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Green and Ernest streets on suspicion of auto theft, also was arrested on suspicion of first-degree hindering prosecution for Thursday's case after he regained consciousness.

He has been released pending further investigation on both the auto theft and hindering counts, said police Lt. David Kamai.

Police reportedly recovered drug paraphernalia in a warrant search of 33-M on Friday.

As for Morse, who checked into the Laumaka program in January and appeared to be doing well, it's hard to pinpoint when things started to unravel.

Francis Sequeira, the O'ahu Community Correctional Center warden who oversees the

Laumaka program, said 90 percent of inmates successfully make it through the work furlough program.

"It's hard to fathom why an inmate with one foot out the door would walk away," Sequeira said.