A 30-year-old man accused of an execution-style shooting of another man at Keawa'ula (Yokohama Bay) in Wai'anae was being held in lieu of $1 million bail today at the main Honolulu police station cellblock pending his initial appearance tomorrow at District Court.

Patrick W. Deguair Jr., who listed no local address at his booking, was charged yesterday at 9 p.m. with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Jermaine Michael Duckworth, 24, whose body was found by a tourist March 27 at 11:29 a.m. on rocks below a cliff several hundred yards from the beach.

Duckworth was arrested last Nov. 27 at One'ula Beach Park as a suspect in a Ma'ili home invasion robbery on Kula'aupuni Street in which six people were robbed at gunpoint of cash, jewelry and credit cards by four masked men wearing T-shirts emblazoned with a white "DEA" logo.

A March 28 autopsy performed by Dr. William Goodhue determined Duckworth suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and suffered other injuries that led him to conclude manner of death was homicide, a court document stated.

The affidavit added homicide investigators were told by witnesses to the incident that Deguair allegedly restrained Duckworth at a residence on March 27 before driving him to Yokohama Bay where "he shot him in the back of the head with a pistol equipped with a silencer and then pushed Jermaine off the cliff to the rocks below."

Deguair was arrested by police Thursday night at the Pagoda Hotel at 9:45 p.m. on suspicion of third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia following a warrant search of a room.

While in custody for the drug offenses, Deguair was arrested for questioning about Duckworth's death at 1 p.m. Friday.

In addition to second-degree murder, Deguair was charged with kidnapping, use of a prohibited weapon (silencer) and two other firearm offenses stemming from the Duckworth case. He is also charged with the two drug-related offenses from his initial arrest.