Honolulu police described a bizarre scene, with 911 calls coming in around 11:15 p.m. local time describing a man using a front loader to ram cars into a neighbor’s home. The suspect then opened fire as people attempted to flee the scene, fatally shooting three and injuring two before being fatally shot by a resident of the home.

The resident, a 42-year-old male, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder.

Police said the front loader was carrying 55-gallon drums containing an “unknown fuel,” and that the suspect driving the front loader fired rounds into the containers. The suspect is a 58-year-old male.

Honolulu Police Department Chief Arthur Logan described the shooting as a “neighbor-on-neighbor dispute.” Homicide Lt. Deena Thoemmes also revealed that police had been called to the neighborhood in 2023 due to a dispute between the same neighbors.

The three people dead are all women either in their late 20s or mid-30s, while the two injured are a 31-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman.

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There has been an uptick in gun violence in Waianae over the last few weeks, including a double shooting in which one teenager was shot. Police insisted this latest incident was unrelated to the increase in violence in the area.

Waianae is located north of the city of Honolulu.