Devaughn Deezo Wright Pita, 23, of Honolulu was shot and killed on August 9, 2025, inside the housing area of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific in Wahiawa. He was transported to a nearby medical facility and died of a single gunshot wound to the chest; the Honolulu medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide. Reports place the shooting at about 5:45 p.m. in the Wahiawa annex neighborhood attached to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Authorities described the incident as isolated and said there was no continuing threat to the installation or surrounding community. A soldier assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s Sustainment Brigade was taken into custody in connection with the case, and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Navy, NCIS and local security forces were handling the investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about events in the Wahiawa housing area that evening, please come forward.