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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 21 January 2020

Suspect in Hawaii officers' deaths described as unhinged

By CALEB JONES and JEN- ation.
NIFER SINCO KELLEHER "They had past dealings
HONOLULU (AP) — A Ha- with him where no violence
waii handyman with a his- was present," Lutu said.
tory of run-ins with police "Where the shots came
and neighbors faced evic- from, they were in a no-win
tion when he stabbed a situation."
woman and killed two of- Lutu said he knew one of
ficers before the house he the two officers person-
and two women were be- ally. He said Officer Tiffany
lieved to be inside burned, Enriquez, 37, was a single
authorities and neighbors mother of three daughters
said. and had one grandchild.
Police responding Sunday The homeowner, Lois Cain,
to a call for help at the lo- had recently sought to
cation found a woman evict Hanel, who lived in
stabbed in the leg and the home for free in ex-
resident Jaroslav "Jerry" Ha- change for his work, ac-
nel, began shooting, killing cording to court records
Officers Tiffany Enriquez, a and his lawyer.
seven-year veteran, and Two neighbors told The As-
Kaulike Kalama, a nine- sociated Press they saw
year veteran, Honolulu a woman believed to be This undated photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows Officers Tiffany Enriquez,
left, and Kaulike Kalama. Enriquez and Kalama were killed Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, while respond-
Police Chief Susan Ballard Cain being put into an am- ing to a call.
said. bulance suffering from knife Associated Press
Police suspect Hanel, who wounds. Her condition was
was in his 60s, and two not disclosed. approved by local police, believed the government the street, confronting their
women who have not The normally peaceful who check databases to was watching him and tap- guests and workers who
been identified were inside neighborhood is at the make sure applicants have ping his phone, Burge said. came to their homes, re-
the house when it caught far end of famed Waikiki not been convicted of Cain was supportive of him cording them with a GoPro
fire. They were presumed Beach. felonies or misdemeanor in his disputes with neigh- camera mounted to his hat
dead and Ballard said it Ian Felix, a Honolulu resi- crimes. bors, Burge said, but she and rigging a barbecue
could take days to recover dent and combat veteran People are also denied per- wanted him to move out grill to blow thick smoke
the remains and process with medical training, told mits if they have been ac- so she could move into directly into their windows,
evidence. the AP he was walking by quitted of crimes because the home. Burge said their Hayakawa said. "Just cra-
The fire destroyed seven the home when he saw a of mental problems or have relationship also soured zy things," he said. "It was
homes and left others woman lying on the ground been diagnosed with signif- because Hanel's dog had pretty clear he was out of
damaged. As it raged, the with blood coming from icant mental, behavioral or died and Cain wouldn't let control."
sound of dozens of appar- her leg. emotional disorders. him get a new one, and He would hide in bushes
ent gunshots rang out. Felix put a tourniquet on Attorney Jonathan Burge the eviction might have set and watch people and he
Ballard said no other officers the woman's leg until the has represented Hanel Hanel off. yelled at tourists who were
were injured but authorities first police officer arrived. since 2015 in various dis- In the complaint for Ha- lost while trying to get to
were investigating whether Two more officers arrived putes with neighbors, in- nel's eviction, Cain said Ha- Diamond Head, Hayakawa
ammunition, incendiary moments later; Felix said he cluding temporary re- nel did not have a rental said.
devices or explosives con- then heard two gunshots straining orders that three agreement and that de- "He was kind of in his own
tributed to the intensity of and that he and the officer obtained against him. Ha- spite repeated demands, mind, block security," Hay-
the blaze. The apparent carried the injured woman nel, a native of the Czech he refused to vacate the akawa said. When a wom-
gunfire prompted authori- into a neighbor's garage. Republic who used Czech premises. an who lived in the area
ties to initially prevent fire- Neighbors described Ha- interpreters in court, faced Attorney David Hayaka- would walk her dog or jog
fighters from approaching. nel as mentally disturbed a hearing next week on a wa has represented three past Hanel's home, "he fo-
Sgt. Malcolm Lutu, presi- and Ballard said he did not charge of misusing 911 ser- neighbors in restraining or- cused on her and would
dent of Hawaii's statewide have any gun permits. vices, Burge said Sunday. ders against Hanel since take her picture," Hayaka-
police union, said he does Hawaii has some of the Burge said he never knew 2014. The neighbors com- wa said.
not have any concerns toughest gun laws in the Hanel to be violent, but that plained of bizarre and an- A judge sided with his cli-
about the approach police U.S. Residents can't buy "he's kind of a quirky guy noying behavior including ents "every step of the
took in dealing with the situ- firearms without permits and had problems." Hanel Hanel chasing cars down way," Hayakawa said. q