On the night of August 15, 2025, in Pāʻia, Maui, 37-year-old Suzanne O, a Samoan woman and five-year veteran of the Maui Police Department, was shot and killed while responding to a call at the old Pāʻia Sugar Mill. Officers had been dispatched at about 8 p.m. after reports that a trespasser had fired multiple shots at the mill’s caretaker; a police timeline put the initial call at 8:18 p.m. and described officers encountering gunfire roughly 8:26–8:30 p.m. Investigators said the round that fatally struck Suzanne O hit just above her protective vest and was fired from a ghost gun. Preliminary-hearing testimony described an ambush from behind a concrete block as officers moved through the field.

Police identified the suspect as 38-year-old Clembert Aliʻi Kaneholani, who was wounded in the exchange, taken into custody that night near the mill, and held without bail on allegations including first-degree murder and attempted murder. The community held processions and a roadside memorial; colleagues remembered Suzanne O for meritorious service and obituaries noted she was born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. If anyone was at the mill that night or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard.