A 30-year-old Maui man who was on probation for felony crimes was arrested and charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in Kahului on Monday.
Maui police arrested Bronsen Rodrigues on Tuesday and he was held without bail after being charged.
Police responded to a 2:50 a.m. call Monday at Kea Street in Kahului where a group of armed men reportedly threatened people at a home.
Officers found a man dead from an apparent gunshot wound in a storage room at the back of the carport, police said.
The suspects fled before police arrived.
Police said they are continuing to look for other suspects.
“The investigation is in its early stages and ongoing,” police said in a news release Tuesday.
The Maui Police Department did not provide any further details of the case Wednesday.
Rodrigues, who has 22 convictions, was found guilty Jan. 22 of auto theft, second-degree terroristic threatening and second-degree theft — all Class C felonies, as well as misdemeanor abuse of a family member and criminal contempt.
He was sentenced to four months in jail and four years’ probation.
Suspect is sought in Waikiki robbery
Police are looking for a man who threatened and robbed two people who were sitting on steps leading to Waikiki Beach early Tuesday morning.
Police said the couple said they were on the steps at 4 a.m. when a man threatened them with a knife.
The suspect took the purse of a 29-year-old female and fled.
The case has been classified as a first-degree robbery.
Police did not release a description of the suspect.
