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Posted at 4:46 p.m., Monday, March 13, 2006

Maui shooting victim identified

Advertiser Staff

HANA, Maui — Maui police today identified a Hana man fatally shot Saturday in an apparent accident as Kelsi Ka'ahui, 20.

At autopsy determined that Ka'ahui died as the result of a single rifle blast to the chest, said Lt. Glenn Cuomo of the Maui Police Department.

He said the man was sitting in the passenger seat of a truck outside a home in Koali and an 18-year-old friend was standing outside the vehicle loading a rifle when the gun fired, wounding Ka'ahui, Cuomo said. The victim died before reaching Hana Medical Center.

Cuomo said an initial investigation indicated the shooting was accidental, but the case continues.