Tuesday marks one year since a troubled man killed his landlord and two Honolulu police officers, took his own life, then set his Diamond Head neighborhood on fire.
Instead of sending the mentally ill to jail for petty crimes, officers would have the option of taking them to the specialized clinic to have them checked out by a physician instead.
Gisela King was barely conscious when she was rescued by her neighbors from her housemate Jerry Hanel who had stabbed her multiple times after killing his landlord.
Since the story first broke Sunday morning, many have documented the tragedy on social media ― first chronicling the shocking series of events and then grieving their loss.
The newly-reborn iteration of Hawaii’s famous college football all-star game is planning a massive fundraiser for the families of two Honolulu police officers who were killed in the line of duty on Sunday.
This Hawaii News Now special report chronicles the tragic series of events at Diamond Head that ended with the killing of two Honolulu police officers and parts of an affluent neighborhood in flames.
At least one of the Honolulu police officers who was shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday had previously been dispatched to the suspect’s home in response to emergency calls.
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