A masked gunman burst into a home on Kili Drive in Mākaha on Saturday afternoon, pointing a handgun at a 26-year-old man while a second suspect searched the residence and made off with two vehicles. Honolulu police say the pair slipped in through an unlocked back door at roughly 3:47 p.m. and fled in the vehicles. The victim was not injured.
According to the Honolulu Police Department, one of the two unknown males wore a skeleton mask and kept the gun trained on the victim while his accomplice searched the house. The suspects grabbed personal items along with two sets of vehicle keys before fleeing in the vehicles themselves, according to the department's account. Honolulu Police
shared details of the incident in a social media post published the following day.
What Was Taken
The stolen vehicles are described as a black 2013 Chevrolet pickup truck and a gray 2021 Chevrolet multipurpose vehicle, per the department's report. Both were reportedly taken directly from the property using the keys the suspects grabbed during the search of the home. No further details on the personal items removed from the residence have been released.
Police have not made any arrests in connection with the robbery, and the investigation remains ongoing, the department said. Anyone with information has been asked to call CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300 or 911.
Pattern of Armed Home Invasions in Honolulu
Saturday's robbery echoes other armed home invasions that have unsettled Honolulu neighborhoods in recent years. In 2020, police searched for two suspects after a similar daylight robbery left a 53-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman confronted by masked gunmen in their own home, as Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported at the time. That case was opened as a first-degree robbery investigation after the masked men took property from the victims.
A separate 2020 case on Kaimanahila Street proved even more harrowing: two masked suspects reportedly entered the woman's bedroom late at night, taped her mouth, and bound her hands and feet with zip ties before fleeing with cash and jewelry; her 77-year-old husband was in a separate room, according to the Star-Advertiser. The woman was left with visible wrist abrasions from the restraints, though her 77-year-old husband was not physically injured.
No suspect descriptions beyond the skeleton mask have been released in the Mākaha case, and it remains unclear whether the stolen vehicles or any of the taken property have been recovered. Police continue to ask residents in the area to come forward with any information that could help identify the two men involved.
