HONOLULU (AP) — A man shot in the back after being baptized inside a Honolulu church is in stable condition, authorities said. ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — A man shot in the back after being baptized inside a Honolulu church is
HONOLULU (AP) — A man shot in the back after being baptized inside a Honolulu church is in stable condition, authorities said.
Paramedics treated 60-year-old Tali Talitonu for a gunshot wound to the back at the Samoa-Tokelau Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday.
The victim’s nephew, Taleni Asuega, said up to 100 people, including many children, were spilling out into the courtyard when a woman pulled out a gun and shot Talitonu once in the back, near his right shoulder.
A church elder grabbed the shooter’s gun hand, pointing the weapon away from the victim and the crowd, and disarmed her, Asuega said.
Asuega said that the woman is also a member of the congregation. He says he doesn’t know what prompted the violence.
Police records identify the suspect as 59-year-old Violesolo Tavita. Relatives said that the alleged shooter and the victim knew each other.
