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Naval Officer Barricaded in Hawaii Hotel Dies by Suicide

TERRIFYING

The naval officer shot through his hotel room door at the Kahala Hotel and Resort on Honolulu before taking his own life after a ten-hour standoff.

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Hugh Gentry via Reuters

An armed man reported to be a Navy officer has died by apparent suicide after at 10-hour standoff at a Honolulu hotel, according to CNN affiliate KITV. The incident began at 5:40 p.m. Saturday evening after reports of shots being fired from a fourth floor room at the Kahala Hotel & Resort. Around 100 guests then barricaded themselves into the hotel’s ballroom as police worked to negotiate with the man. The man reportedly had family staying with him, but they escaped before the incident occurred.

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