Man hospitalized after shooting
Advertiser Staff
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One man was in serious condition after he was shot last night in Wahiawa.
Police arrested another man on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder. He was being held last night pending charges.
The shooting occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Ohai Street near California Avenue. Police had been called to the area to break up fights when officers heard gunshots in a nearby alley, police said.
Officers found a man with gunshot wounds and were told by witnesses that a man in a car had fired the shots and fled. The vehicle with two men in it was spotted near Foote Gate at Schofield Barracks, but police said they were unable to stop the vehicle.
A short while later, the car returned with one man in it. Police said the man told officers that he was unable to stop earlier because he was being held at gunpoint.
But police arrested the driver and booked him for investigation of attempted murder.
The wounded man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center where he was in serious condition last night.
BIG ISLAND
KEALAKEKUA MAN DIES AFTER CRASH
HILO — A 54-year-old Kealakekua man died Monday of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash on Kuakini Highway near Keauhou.
Police said Michael D. Bovard was riding a 2000 Kawasaki north on Kuakini at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday when he struck a vehicle in front of him that was making a right turn onto Walua Road. He was taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he died at 8:50 a.m. the following morning. The driver of the vehicle, a 42-year-old Pennsylvania man, was not injured.
HONOLULU
GUNSHOT VICTIM'S FAMILY FILES SUIT
The family of a 28-year-old Kane'ohe man who was shot to death two years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man who was convicted of the murder.
Gregory R. Awana, a former investigator with the city medical examiner's office, is serving a life term in prison with the possibility of parole after he was found guilty of murdering Yorck K. Woita on Aug. 29, 2003. Awana was convicted in December 2004 of shooting Woita in the head three times in Awana's Manoa home after an argument over marijuana profits.
After killing Woita, prosecutors said, Awana dumped Woita's body in Kane'ohe Bay. The body has not been found.
Awana must serve 15 years before the Hawai'i Paroling Authority can determine when he will be eligible for parole.
Yesterday, Woita's family members alleged in their lawsuit that Awana "intentionally and maliciously" caused the death of Woita. The lawsuit was filed by attorney Gary Levitt on behalf of Beverly Lum, Woita's mother; Tracy Woita, Yorck Woita's sister; and Yorck K. Woita, the dead man's father.
ANTI-TOBACCO MEETING TODAY
A public meeting to solicit thoughts on the reduction of tobacco use in Hawai'i will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Kapi'olani Community College. People interested in tobacco prevention, cessation and control programs, as well as members of the general public, are encouraged to attend the meeting, sponsored by the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai'i. For more information, call 432-9116 or 432-9140 or see the Web site www.tobaccofree hawaii.org.
MOKULE'IA
CAR STOLEN FROM NAKED CAMPER
Police yesterday continued to look for a 28-year-old man suspected of stealing a car Monday morning from a naked woman at Mokule'ia Beach.
The woman told police she was in her tent about 8 a.m. when she heard the car's engine start.
The woman ran out of the tent in the nude and jumped on the hood of the car to try to keep it from being stolen, police said.
They said the car swerved back and forth and made a series of sharp U-turns in hopes of dislodging the woman, who fell off the car near Camp Erdman on Farrington Highway.
A witness followed the stolen car in his own car until the suspect used the stolen car to ram the witness's car before fleeing, police said.
WINDWARD
CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL SEPT. 3
Churches from around the island are holding an end-of-summer festival featuring Christian music and worship.
The Summer Youth Worship Bash will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 3 at Kualoa Ranch.
Bands will perform, and there will be a bonfire and "Saturday Night at the Movies" with extreme sports and surfing movies. The $5 admission includes lunch and a light supper. Kualoa Ranch activities are not included.
For information, call Melodie Vega at 753-1951 or log on to www.wavehawaii.org.
