Alan Chase Jennings was 20 when he was shot in the chest during an altercation in a parking area fronting Lucky Strike near Ala Moana Center in Honolulu in the early hours of September 8, 2019. Court documents say an argument between groups of men escalated, a handgun appeared and a shot struck Jennings; he turned and tried to run as another shot was fired. Emergency responders took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 1:50 a.m.

The killing prompted a homicide investigation that focused on who was present, how the confrontation began, and why a firearm was drawn. Police arrested Kapono J. Miranda and a District Court criminal complaint alleged Miranda intentionally or knowingly caused Jennings’ death, charging him with second-degree murder and listing additional firearms-related allegations, including how the pistol or revolver was stored and carrying or using a firearm during another felony. Bail was set at $1,000,000 as the case moved through early court stages.

Jennings’ family described an abrupt loss and the community was left grappling with how a brief clash in a parking lot ended in a death. If anyone witnessed the incident near Lucky Strike that night or has information about what led to the confrontation, please come forward.