Man, 20, charged in deadly shooting at Wahiawa arcade

A 20-year-old Wahiawa man has been indicted by an Oahu grand jury on six counts, including attempted first-degree murder, second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, in a shooting in a Wahiawa game room on May 16 which left one person dead and two injured.

The indictment alleges that Alize Ou engaged in substantial conduct to cause the deaths of Christopher Miyose and Travis Key, although Key survived; and because the case involved more than one person, he was charged with attempted first-degree murder, a crime punishable by life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

He was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Miyose, and attempted second-degree murder for allegedly shooting Key multiple times. He is also charged with three firearms-related counts.

According to a court filing, Ou also shot Key's two roommates who he asked to help him rob the game room.

Honolulu District Attorney Steve Alm said in a written statement: “Game rooms are not only illegal. They are dangerous. Gambling halls attract armed robbers, drug dealers and prostitution. We will continue to work with the Honolulu Police Department to prosecute those arrested at arcades and will use nuisance laws to force arcades out of our neighborhoods.

A court document filed May 28 seeking probable cause to detain Or without a warrant says the shooting occurred at 9:30 p.m. May 16 at an illegal gaming establishment at 216 Walker Ave.

Responding officers said multiple witnesses reported a man identified as “TK” who shot someone, but he was found unarmed with multiple gunshot wounds to his leg, the document states, and it is apparently Travis Key, named in the indictment as a victim. of alleged attempted second degree murder.

The following information reported by police was also revealed in this court document:

Key told Queen's Medical Center police that Ou asked him and Lawrence Maneafaiga-Cunningham, who are Ou's roommates, to help him rob an illegal gambling establishment.

Key alleges that he and Maneafaiga-Cunningham were unarmed and wearing hooded jackets and dark pants when the three entered the game room. A man, later identified as Miyose, began shooting at the three of them with a gun, he said.

Key said he was shot four times and heard two more gunshots before losing consciousness.

When he came to, he said, he saw Miyose dead on the floor and the playroom empty. Key said that when he was going out, he was attacked by a group of unknown people.

Honolulu Police Department evidence specialists recovered nine spent 9mm Luger cartridge cases, which were determined to have been fired from the same weapon.

Miyose was found lying on the ground with numerous gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at 11:06 p.m. The autopsy revealed that he died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The attending physician found that Key had received gunshot wounds to his right upper extremity, back, abdominal area, and left lower extremity, and had suffered numerous fractures to his lower extremities from the gunshots. .

Maneafaiga-Cunningham said he was shot in the buttocks and was then taken to hospital for treatment, where the projectile was found lodged in his left knee.