{"id":104705,"date":"2024-09-30T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104705"},"modified":"2024-09-30T22:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T03:29:41","slug":"104705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104705","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"whitespace-nowrap block overflow-hidden text-ellipsis\" dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AmySwearer\/status\/1840785683738227128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Swearer<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-8\">\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap leading-normal text-lg\" dir=\"auto\">Just had this brought to my attention: over Labor Day weekend, a legally armed Hawaii man stopped an active shooting situation, fatally striking a gunman who&#8217;d driven onto the property during a large family gathering and indiscriminately opened fire. <a class=\"text-primary hover:text-blue-600\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2024\/09\/man-who-killed-shooter-in-waianae-acted-in-self-defense-lawyer-says\/\"><span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>civilbeat.org\/2024\/09\/man-wh<span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">o-killed-shooter-in-waianae-acted-in-self-defense-lawyer-says\/<\/span><span class=\"select-none\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"border rounded-xl border-gray-200 mt-8 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"border-b border-b-gray-200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1839063199934517248\/3l6OXZ7c?format=jpg&amp;name=orig\" alt=\"A dispute over a party at a neighbor's property preceded the shooting Saturday night, which left four dead.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col p-3\">\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-300\" dir=\"auto\">Man Who Killed Shooter In Waianae Acted In Self-Defense, Lawyer Says<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-px border-0 border-transparent\">\n<div class=\"block h-px w-1\/3 bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-700 mx-auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap leading-normal text-lg\" dir=\"auto\">The gunman managed to kill three woman and injure two others, and the legally armed man was on his own property, defending his own family. Guess who police arrested on &#8220;suspicion of murder?&#8221; That&#8217;s right. The legal gun owner who clearly acted in self-defense.<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-px border-0 border-transparent\">\n<div class=\"block h-px w-1\/3 bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-700 mx-auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap leading-normal text-lg\" dir=\"auto\">It took nearly two weeks for investigators to finally determine that, &#8220;oh, hey, maybe we shouldn&#8217;t prosecute this guy who saved a bunch of lives on his own property just because this is Hawaii and &#8216;Guns Bad.'&#8221; <a class=\"text-primary hover:text-blue-600\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2024\/09\/20\/man-who-killed-waianae-valley-shooter-describes-moments-leading-deadly-rampage\/\"><span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>hawaiinewsnow.com\/2024\/09\/20\/man<span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">-who-killed-waianae-valley-shooter-describes-moments-leading-deadly-rampage\/<\/span><span class=\"select-none\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"border rounded-xl border-gray-200 mt-8 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"border-b border-b-gray-200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1839745965223280640\/ImIdltOL?format=jpg&amp;name=orig\" alt=\"Rishard Keamo-Carnate and his wife, Alison, tell Hawaii News Now their family lived in fear of Silva for three years, and armed themselves because of his threats.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col p-3\">\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-300\" dir=\"auto\">Man who killed Waianae Valley shooter describes moments leading to deadly rampage<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-px border-0 border-transparent\">\n<div class=\"block h-px w-1\/3 bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-700 mx-auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap leading-normal text-lg\" dir=\"auto\">According to subsequent interviews, the gunman was a neighbor who&#8217;d spent years terrorizing the community. In fact, the legal gun owner had literally procured the firearm entirely because he and his family were afraid of the neighbor who ultimately tried to kill them all.<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-px border-0 border-transparent\">\n<div class=\"block h-px w-1\/3 bg-gray-200 dark:bg-gray-700 mx-auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap leading-normal text-lg\" dir=\"auto\">Oh, also, because Hawaii has magazine capacity laws, the homeowner quickly expended his ammo against the gunman and had to start looking for his second gun. <a class=\"text-primary hover:text-blue-600\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2024\/09\/19\/prosecutors-decline-charges-against-man-who-fatally-shot-waianae-valley-rampage-suspect\/\"><span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>hawaiinewsnow.com\/2024\/09\/19\/pro<span class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">secutors-decline-charges-against-man-who-fatally-shot-waianae-valley-rampage-suspect\/<\/span><span class=\"select-none\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"border rounded-xl border-gray-200 mt-8 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"border-b border-b-gray-200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1840652350681145344\/FKUWmkX3?format=jpg&amp;name=orig\" alt=\"Rishard Keamo-Carnate was never into guns, but he was protecting his family after Hiram Silva, 58, rammed a front loader into their house and began shooting.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col p-3\">\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-sm font-semibold text-gray-300\" dir=\"auto\">\u2018I just fired\u2019: Waianae couple recounts horrific attack that led to husband killing neighbor<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-center gap-4 my-4 text-gray-300 dark:text-gray-600\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-8 items-center overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 items-center text-xl\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Swearer Just had this brought to my attention: over Labor Day weekend, a legally armed Hawaii man stopped an active shooting situation, fatally striking a gunman who&#8217;d driven onto the property during a large family gathering and indiscriminately opened fire. https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2024\/09\/man-who-killed-shooter-in-waianae-acted-in-self-defense-lawyer-says\/\u2026 Man Who Killed Shooter In Waianae Acted In Self-Defense, Lawyer Says The gunman &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=104705\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-defense","category-slugs-for-thugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104706,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104705\/revisions\/104706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}