A man shot and killed two police officers as they responded to a domestic incident in Honolulu. Moments after the shooting, the house was set on fire, possibly by the suspect.
A man shot and killed two police officers Sunday as they responded to a home in a leafy neighborhood beneath the rim of a famed volcanic crater near Waikiki Beach, authorities said.
The homeowner, Lois Cain, had recently sought to have a man evicted, court records showed. A neighbor told the Associated Press she saw Cain being loaded into an ambulance with knife wounds.Cain’s condition was not immediately confirmed, nor was the suspect’s. Flames emerging from the home soon spread to several others. Honolulu fire said five homes were “complete losses.”
Ian Felix, a Honolulu resident and combat veteran with medical training, told the AP he happened to be walking by when he saw a woman lying on the ground with blood coming from her leg. He applied pressure until the first police officer arrived and put a tourniquet on it, Felix said. Moments later, two more officers arrived, and Felix said he then heard two gunshots.
“Defendant does NOT have a Rental Agreement to occupy the premises and Defendant has no ownership interest in said premises,” read a complaint for eviction that Cain filed last week in court. “Despite repeated demands, Defendant has failed and refused to vacate the premises.”
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