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About 11:45pm and 3:30am. Sounded like it could have been fireworks or gunshots. I listened for dogs thinking it may have been pig hunters but didn't hear any barking either time.
It was very weird.
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I don't remember the time other than it well beyond midnight. I was trying to fall asleep and got startled by three rapid gunshots. It sounded as though they came from Beach or A road near the intersection with K road.
I called 911 and my neighbor called 935-3311. Neither of us have heard any news since.
They did not sound like fireworks.
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The last "set" sounded like "pop,pop,pop,hissssss" the hissing sound is what made me think of fireworks.
Oh, I did hear a vehicle around 30 minutes after the second round.
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Although I can't rule out the possibility the noise was due to fireworks, unfortunately I've heard enough gunshots here I'm pretty confident I can tell the difference. The shots were pretty close to my house and loud. I didn't hear the hiss.
The dispatcher asked if they could have been from the Shipman parking lot at the end of Beach, and I said I couldn't rule it out but didn't think it was. My neighbor, who is a little closer to the parking lot, said the shots definitely didn't come from there.
To be honest, I thought I'd wake up Monday morning to see a thread about the shots here and was surprised there wasn't. I'm sure my neighbor and I weren't the only people to call the police.
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We're on Beach Rd, near Kaloli. I heard the three shots at 3:33 a.m. Thought they were coming from the direction of the point. Neighborhood dogs barking off an on for the next 20 minutes. Just after 4:00 the HPD vehicles starting cruising up and down Beach and Pilikai like they were looking for something.
I posted this on an HPP Fbook page Sunday morning. Nobody seems to know anything about it.
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Thank you, TW, and welcome to PW!
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Hey, thanks! Been lurking on PW for several years now....decided to finally move here and make it real. I'll try to be good....
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"I listened for dogs thinking it may have been pig hunters but didn't hear any barking either time"
A lot of pig hunters use dogs, but none of the pig hunters I know do.
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TW - are you a member of PAKA? It's the local neighborhood watch and is doing a great job. If you're interested and haven't already joined, let me know. Membership doesn't require you to take part in patrols or anything like that, but it's a good way to stay informed and also get to know your neighbors!