POLICE BEAT
Drowning victim was from Kailua
Advertiser Staff
A fisherman who drowned in waters off Portlock Monday was identified yesterday as Owen Fujihara of Kailua.
Fujihara, 45, was fishing with a female friend near the China Wall surfing spot when the woman went in for a swim. The woman got into trouble and was struggling to get back to shore.
Police said Fujihara went into the water to help her and was swept out by a large wave. The woman made it back to the rocky shore; Fujihara did not.
Fujihara's body was recovered by surfers and he was taken to Straub Clinic and Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined that Fujihara died of asphyxiation due to drowning, the city medical examiner said yesterday.
Suspect arrested in alleged shooting
Police have questioned a suspect about a Monday night incident in which another man said someone fired two gunshots at him while he was driving east on the H-1 Freeway near Kunia Road.
The man who filed the complaint said he was driving south on Kunia Road and saw a motorist speeding and passing cars. He said he got on the freeway and noticed that the same car had pulled up beside him. He said he heard two gunshots and saw two bright flashes coming from the other vehicle.
The man who reported the incident told police he followed the car and got its license-plate number.
Police went to the home of the registered owner of the suspect car and arrested a 22-year-old man, who was identified by the man who filed the complaint.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening and released without charges pending further investigation.
Dog stolen, neighbor arrested
A 31-year-old Waipahu man was arrested Monday after he allegedly stole a neighbor's dog.
A 33-year-old woman told police she was notified that her mother's boxer had been taken from the mother's yard. The woman told police that at about 8 p.m., her brother went to the home of the man who was accused of stealing the dog and that the man admitted taking it.
Police arrested the man on suspicion of second-degree theft. Police did not indicate what became of the dog.
