On the morning of March 15, 2022, what should have been a straightforward exchange in Waiʻanae unraveled into a burst of gunfire that left one man dead and three others wounded. Chad Ikaika Trise Duran, 32, male, had gone with two other men to a home in the community, where the meeting centered on the return of a stolen firearm and cash and, according to later reporting, the hope of collecting a reward for bringing the gun back.
Police described the encounter as a negotiated handoff that turned violent in seconds. In their account, one of the arriving men opened fire and struck the homeowner in the head. Despite the grievous wound, the homeowner managed to get to a gun inside the house and shoot back, fatally hitting Duran. As the chaos spilled into the street, another man was shot while trying to leave in a black SUV, and a third was shot while attempting to help Duran.
By that night, Honolulu police said a suspect who ran from the scene had been arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery. As the investigation moved forward, court and charging information publicly attributed the shooting to Christopher Tait Broome, identifying him as the man being held on a warrant that included first-degree attempted murder, additional attempted-murder counts, and weapons offenses, with bail set at $1 million.
The case continued to develop well after the initial gunfight, shifting from the shock of the shooting to the slower machinery of prosecution. In March 2023, reporting said Broome avoided a scheduled first-degree attempted murder trial by entering a plea deal with prosecutors. In a written statement described in that coverage, Broome admitted that he, Duran, and James Lee went to Kingsley Toloke’s Waiʻanae home on March 15, 2022, to return the stolen firearm in hopes of receiving a reward, and the report noted the agreement was tied to sentencing terms set to be addressed later in court.
