Marqus McNeil was a 20-year-old Native Hawaiian man from Honolulu who died on March 19, 2022, after a late-night confrontation on a crowded Waikīkī sidewalk turned violent. It happened near the intersection of Kalākaua Avenue and Lewers Street, a place usually humming with visitors and bright storefront lights, where arguments are supposed to burn out and be forgotten by morning. Instead, this one escalated into a fatal shooting that left McNeil wounded and the street scrambling in shock.
Honolulu police said the shooting unfolded around 10 p.m. after McNeil and another young man got into a verbal confrontation on the sidewalk. Investigators said the suspect produced a firearm, shot McNeil, and then ran up Lewers Street toward Kūhiō Avenue. McNeil was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police emphasized early on that the suspect and victim knew each other and that the killing was not believed to be a random attack on a stranger in the tourist district.
By the next afternoon, police publicly identified the suspect as Justice Manumalo Kaio, who they said turned himself in at the main station at about 2:10 p.m. on March 20, 2022. In the days that followed, prosecutors moved quickly: news reports described Kaio being charged with second-degree murder and additional firearms counts tied to the incident, with bail reported at $1 million as the case entered the court system.
The case then advanced to the grand jury stage. Reports indicated an Oʻahu grand jury indicted Kaio in connection with McNeil’s killing, continuing the prosecution on second-degree murder and firearms-related allegations stemming from the Waikīkī shooting. Public updates available online focus on the arrest, charging, and indictment, and do not consistently provide later, detailed court outcomes in accessible text reporting.
