On the night of May 28, 2025, in the Waianae/Makaha area of Oahu, 19-year-old Marcus Araneta, male, was shot and killed during a burst of gunfire outside a home on Lahaina Street near Jade Street. First responders arrived shortly after 9 p.m. and found the 19-year-old victim unresponsive; three other people—a 39-year-old woman, a 21-year-old man, and a 19-year-old man—were transported to the hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds.
The initial police summary described a group of suspects who parked down the road and approached on foot; an altercation broke out and multiple rounds were fired. An autopsy later confirmed the death as a homicide.
Within days, arrests followed. Honolulu police took multiple suspects into custody over the weekend after the shooting, including two 20-year-old men, a 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, with charges eventually consolidating around three adult defendants and the juvenile in Family Court. Coverage at the time noted the adults were held on high bail pending formal charges, and that investigators believed at least five people played a role in the attack.
As prosecutors moved the case forward, an Oʻahu grand jury indicted three men in early June: Matthew Alexander Moon, 20; Olsen Burrows Fonoimoana, 20; and Styren Stevens, 19. Court filings and subsequent reports alleged the trio opened fire on the Lahaina Street home, killing 19-year-old Marcus Araneta and wounding four others; a fourth suspect, a 17-year-old boy, was charged in Family Court. According to the charging narrative summarized in local coverage, witnesses tied the men to a local gang, and investigators recovered shell casings fired from two guns; the firearms were later found at a residence associated with one of the accused.
At their first court appearances, the adult defendants were ordered held without bail on counts that included second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, multiple second-degree attempted murder charges, and related firearms offenses. A judge set an initial trial date of August 11, 2025, while prosecutors described a scene that began with the suspects approaching the group outside the home and escalating to sustained gunfire as victims tried to retreat inside. One of the accused, Stevens, was himself treated for a gunshot wound to the leg, which police suggested may have been caused by a companion during the chaos.
By August, prosecutors announced that the 17-year-old—identified in subsequent coverage as Jasper Solberg—had been indicted as well on second-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, and three counts of second-degree attempted murder in connection with the May 28 attack that killed 19-year-old Marcus Araneta and injured four others. With the adult defendants pleading not guilty and held without bail, the case proceeded in separate tracks for the juvenile and adults, and authorities continued to describe the shooting as a coordinated assault tied to interpersonal conflict, including an allegation in court records that a gang member hired the shooters.
