The 37-year-old Maui Police Department officer ambushed and killed on the night of Aug. 15 was one of a half-dozen officers who responded to the Paia Sugar Mill after the caretaker reported a man was trespassing and shooting at him.

Clembert Alii Kaneholani, a 38-year-old felon from Makawao, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, carrying a firearm in the commission of a separate felony, two counts of carrying a gun as a felon, and possession of a prohibited pistol magazine.

He allegedly shot Officer Suzanne O with a Polymer 80 homemade, Glock-style 9mm pistol with fiber-optic sights and a red trigger. O was holding a flashlight in her left hand, searching a dark field for Kaneholani.

She was hit an inch above where her ballistic vest protected the left side

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