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Ronald Kawamae

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Nov 02, 1999

Victim Details

Ronald Kawamae

Male

Hawaiian Native

Honolulu

HI

1999-11-02

54

Ronald

Kawamae

Yes

06/27/2026

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Ronald Kawamae, 54, a Native Hawaiian man from Honolulu’s Makiki neighborhood, went to work at the Xerox facility on Nimitz Highway on the morning of November 2, 1999, and never came home. In the grim reconstruction that followed, police said the violence began almost immediately after Byran K. Uyesugi entered the building and moved upstairs, where Kawamae was seated at a desk in Room 204 when he was shot and killed. The attack was part of a rapid, devastating burst of gunfire that left seven ...
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  • 1999 Honolulu shootings - Wikipedia
  • https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com: 20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever
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