Police are investigating a Manoa home invasion robbery early yesterday in which intruders threatened three male residents with a shotgun.

The complainants, ages 18, 19 and 20, were allegedly confronted by four or five men who entered their home at 1:15 a.m., forced them into a bedroom and took personal items, including wallets.

One of the intruders had a shotgun and another a crowbar, the residents said.

Police had made no arrests as of last night.

BEACH EVENT FOR ILL KIDS IN WAIKIKI

Children diagnosed with life-threatening diseases will be treated to some beach activities in Waikiki at the fifth annual Surf 4 HUGS event tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The staging area is at Kuhio Beach near the Duke Kahanamoku statue.

Experts will help teach the kids to surf, give the families canoe rides and each child will receive a commemorative photo of the day. The event not only includes ill children but also their siblings and parents.

FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF TO HONOR CHONG

Gov. Linda Lingle has ordered state flags at all state and county buildings to be flown at half-staff on Monday from sunrise to sunset in honor of former state senator and representative Anson Chong, who died July 15.

Memorial services will be held on the Big Island tomorrow and in Honolulu on Monday, according to a state news release.

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

WAILUKU, Maui — When he heard an engine rev as he walked toward a car in a Paukukalo parking lot, Wailuku patrol officer Brandon Rodrigues said he had a second or two to jump out of the way, according to The Maui News.

"Had you not moved, what would have happened to you?" Deputy Prosecutor John Tam asked the officer.

"I would have got run over," Rodrigues replied.

Testifying at a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Wailuku District Court, the officer described how he twice had to move quickly to avoid being hit by the car Friday night while trying to stop a fleeing felon. A 15-mile chase that followed ended when the car went off a cliff in Kahakuloa.

Rodrigues said his patrol car was rammed a few times by the other car, including once when the car went forward into a barbed-wire fence before reversing into the patrol car and trying to push it back with the officer inside.

After Rodrigues' testimony, Judge Simone C. Polak ruled there was enough evidence to support two counts of first-degree attempted murder and a charge of first-degree criminal property damage against Clinton A.K. Estrella.

The 23-year-old Kihei resident was identified as the driver of the gold 2000 Ford Escort that police officers saw when they responded to a call at 10:30 p.m. Friday, reporting suspicious activity in the parking lot of the Hawaiian Homes Community Center in Paukukalo.