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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, December 18, 2009

Boy, 13, hurt in random shooting


By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Police and medical personnel responded to the scene of a shooting in Kalihi at Vineyard Boulevard and Liliha Street.

REBECCA BREYER | The Honolulu Advertiser

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A person in a car shot at another vehicle in Liliha last night, wounding a teenage boy inside in what police said appeared to be an unprovoked attack.

The boy, 13, was wounded in an arm and was taken to The Queen's Medical Center. Police said his wound was not life-threatening.

Police were looking for a white Toyota that may have turned makai onto Liliha Street following the shooting.

The boy's parents told police they were riding in their Ford Explorer west on Vineyard Boulevard with their son and two daughters. About 9:30 p.m., they were at a stop light at Liliha Street. A car was in the lane to their left. When the light turned green, they heard a pop and saw that the SUV's left rear window had shattered.

The boy told his parents he had been injured. They pulled over just west of the Liliha Street intersection.

The parents told police they were not aware of anything that would have provoked someone to shoot at them.