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Andrew Jamias Quisquirin, 64, a Native Hawaiian man from Waiʻanae, died on January 20, 2024, in the place he called home. He had been living his ordinary Saturday night on Oʻahu's west side when violence that began blocks away spilled into his neighborhood and found him anyway. 

According to police, the chain of events started shortly after 11 p.m. with an argument involving two groups at the Waiʻanae Longs Drugs. By the time officers reached the store, both groups had already pulled out in separate vehicles, one chasing the other as they headed toward Māʻikaʻi along Farrington Highway. Investigators said a passenger in the trailing vehicle leaned out of a car window and fired multiple rounds at the vehicle ahead. In the seconds it took for gunfire to echo down the road, one stray round traveled beyond its intended target and struck Quisquirin while he was standing in his own driveway—an uninvolved resident with nothing to do with the dispute. He died at the scene. 

In the days that followed, Honolulu police identified Korey Farinas, 21, as the suspected shooter after interviews, surveillance-video review, and other evidence collection. Police issued public warnings that he was considered armed and dangerous, describing him as a local man in his 20s with a slim build, and said the suspect vehicle was a silver or gray sedan. On January 25, officers arrested Farinas; police said he was booked for manslaughter, first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree attempted murder, and firearms offenses while prosecutors reviewed the case. 

By early February, the case had moved from the frantic uncertainty of an overnight shooting to the colder structure of the courthouse. A grand jury indicted Farinas in connection with the January 20 gunfire, including a second-degree murder charge for Quisquirin's death, along with first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree attempted murder, and seven felony firearms charges, as described in a release from the prosecuting attorney's office. Prosecutors pointed to the idea of transferred intent—arguing that even if Quisquirin was not the intended victim, the alleged decision to fire into a public roadway still made the killing chargeable. Authorities said Farinas was held without bail at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center, and his arraignment was scheduled for February 8 in Circuit Court.