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Rollins apparently jumped back, lifting his hands upward, and that's when he shot him, Michael D. Scott told police.
Scott, 22, appeared in District Court today.
Also appearing was Tyrone B. Brown, 22, who is charged with two counts of first-degree hindering of prosecution.
Both men also were charged with keeping a firearm in an unlawful place. Scott's bail is $120,000, Brown's $30,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday in District Court for both men.
Rollins of Mililani was fatally wounded in what police have called a "stink eye" dispute.
But their eyes should also be on the state's expanded electorate.
Hawaii now has a record number of registered voters, and it is certain to increase, propelled by voter-registration drives during the heat of this year's campaign. Already, voter rolls have swelled to 520,826, nearly 32,000 more than the number registered on general election day two years ago.
The reason: New federal and state laws make it easier to get names onto voter rolls and keep them there.
But while the number of registered voters is climbing, the percentage of voters who actually turn out to vote is dropping.
In 1959, Hawaii's first year as a state, 93.6 percent of registered voters went to the polls. By 1994, turnout had fallen to 77.1 percent.
But with the help of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Operation Ohana Program and a staff person's memory, she now knows of cousins in Pearl City, Waimanalo, Maui and the Big Island.
"If it wasn't for Ohana, I wouldn't have my family," Russell said. "It's meant the world to me."
Reuniting families has been an unintended outcome of Operation Ohana, created in 1989 by OHA to register Hawaiians worldwide in a genealogy database. Hawaiians receive an identification card certifying that they are Hawaiian upon presenting proof through a birth certificate or other documents. No blood quantum is required.
The intent is to use the registry as a possible platform for land entitlements in the future.
About 15,000 Hawaiians worldwide have been registered, including Hawaiians in Canada, Paris, Thailand and England. Officials estimate there are 200,000 Hawaiians worldwide.
The number for Operation Ohana is 1-808-594-1960.
Trimurti I. Day attended a party at Nakalele Point on July 13 and argued with women, then men, said Detective Cedric Zumwalt.
Someone reported a man jumped from a ledge at Nakalele at 1:30 a.m., police said. A tourist reported seeing a body in the water that afternoon.
Parts of a man's shark-bitten body were recovered. Police plan to see if there is a DNA match between the parts and Day's father. Zumwalt, who is investigating the cause of the death, said Day might have jumped or accidentally fallen off a ledge.
No one required medical treatment, but the Honolulu Fire Department's hazardous materials crew responded to at least four reports beginning at 8:23 p.m. from people on Ewa Beach Road and at nearby Ewa Beach Park.
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