The shooting victim told police that he was walking near the intersection of Ala Kapuna and the Moanalua Freeway frontage road when a man, 20 to 25 years old, approached him from the back and shot him for no apparent reason.

Pedestrian struck in Kailua

A 44-year-old man was in critical condition at The Queen's Medical Center this morning with injuries he received about 10:15 last night when he was hit by a car while tying to cross Kalaniana'ole Highway near Auloa Road in Kailua.

Police said the injured man was not in a marked crosswalk when he was hit by a car driven by a 27-year-old man.

Traffic investigators said the motorist who hit the man was not speeding and was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the collision. They had not determined if the pedestrian had been drinking prior to the incident, which occurred in a lighted area and under wet road conditions.

Domestic altercation leads to charge

First-degree criminal property damage charges are pending against a 40-year-old man who allegedly rammed his car into the side of another car in which his former girlfriend was riding with a male friend in Nanakuli yesterday.

Police said the man saw his former girlfriend, 28, pass by in the other car about 2:30 p.m. and jumped into has car to chase down the first car.

When the suspect caught up to the other car, he caused a minor collision and was trying to provoke the other man into a fist fight when police arrived and arrested him.

Dancing raises woman's ire

A 28-year-old woman was arrested at a Lewers Street night spot in Waikiki early yesterday morning after she allegedly hit another woman in the head with a beer bottle.

Police said the woman who was hit with the bottle about 2:40 a.m. was upset because her boyfriend was dancing with the other woman.

The girlfriend let it be known through a third woman that she did not want the other woman dancing with her boyfriend. When the woman who was dancing with the boyfriend was told about the girlfriend's concern, she responded by hitting the woman in the head with the bottle, police said.