Updated at 11:35 a.m., Monday, February 12, 2007
Man charged in deputy sheriff's shooting death
Advertiser Staff
A 35-year-old man is facing murder charges in connection to the early Saturday shooting death of an off-duty deputy sheriff at a Kapi'olani nightclub.John Koa Lorenzo Jr. is being held in lieu of $1 million bail in connection with the death of state Deputy Sheriff Daniel Browne-Sanchez, 27.
Browne-Sanchez was shot three times during a botched robbery at the Osake Sushi Bar and Lounge on Kapi'olani Boulevard.
Lorenzo, 35, was charged with one count of second-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, one count of first-degree robbery, one count of second-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree attempted murder, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Browne-Sanchez is the first state deputy sheriff to be shot and killed. He was working at Osake as a bartender.
