{"id":198599,"date":"2025-10-03T02:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/198599\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:58:08","slug":"man-50-with-4-prior-convictions-killed-in-shooting-with-honolulu-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/198599\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 50, with 4 prior convictions, killed in shooting with Honolulu police"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Honolulu police investigate the scene near the intersection of Vineyard and Punchbowl streets.<\/p>\n

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Honolulu police investigate the scene near the intersection of Vineyard and Punchbowl streets.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

A 50-year-old man, who was armed with a firearm and had four prior criminal convictions, was killed this morning shortly after a confrontation with two Honolulu police officers, according to Interim HPD Chief Rade Vanic at a press conference this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Honolulu police received a 911 call after 10:15 a.m. today about a man who was expressing suicidal thoughts near The Queen\u2019s Medical Center, Vanic said. Police found the man standing on the sidewalk of Punchbowl Street.<\/p>\n

At 10:20 a.m., the man allegedly reached into his waistband for a firearm and pointed the gun at police officers. Officers fired shots and detained the man then took him to Queen\u2019s, where he succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

Vanic reported the man had four criminal convictions, including one felony conviction for assault on a law enforcement officer. His identity was not immediately released.<\/p>\n

No officers were injured at the scene.<\/p>\n

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Two HPD officers who discharged their firearms each have five years of service and have been offered administrative leave as is standard procedure, Vanic said.<\/p>\n

12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

One man is dead after he was fatally shot during a confrontation with a Honolulu police officer near Punchbowl and Beretania streets, according to HPD.<\/p>\n

The police officer was not injured, and the mauka-bound lanes of Punchbowl Street in front of The Queen\u2019s Medical Center remain closed following the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n

A news conference will be held by HPD at 4:30 p.m. today.<\/p>\n

10:50 a.m.<\/p>\n

Honolulu police have closed Punchbowl Street to investigate an officer-involved shooting, according to HPD.<\/p>\n

\u201cActive police investigation regarding an officer-involved shooting on Punchbowl St. and Beretania St.,\u201d police said in a social media post. \u201cNo threat to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

HPD is asking the public to avoid the area and keep roads clear for first responders.<\/p>\n

EARLIER COVERAGE<\/p>\n

Punchbowl Street was shut down in both directions between Vineyard Boulevard and South Beretania Street this morning for a police investigation, according to the Honolulu Police Department.<\/p>\n

The closure was announced in an HNL Alert at 10:34 a.m. and affects the downtown corridor that runs past the state Capitol and key government offices. Police urged drivers to avoid the area and use alternate routes until further notice.<\/p>\n

No additional details were immediately available on the nature of the investigation.<\/p>\n

This is breaking news story and will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1\/3 Swipe or click to see more VIDEO COURTESY HPD Tune in at 4:30 p.m. for a livestream…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,93608,6813,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-198599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-crime-in-hawaii","tag-editors","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}