HONOLULU — A shooting outside an Oahu home that left one man dead and three others injured stemmed from negotiating the return of a stolen gun, police said.
A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after the Tuesday morning shooting in Waianae, a community in west Oahu, police said.
Three men arrived at the house to return a stolen gun and cash, Honolulu police Lt. Deena Thoemmes said.
“The plan was to negotiate the return of the firearm,” she said. One man shot a man at the home, hitting him in the head, she said, and the wounded man then retrieved a gun from his home and returned fire, fatally shooting the man.
Another man was shot as he tried to leave in a black SUV, while a third man was shot while trying to help the man who was fatally shot, Thoemmes said.
The 45-year-old man who was arrested Tuesday night had run away from the scene, Thoemmes said.
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office on Wednesday hadn’t yet released the name of the man who died.