Hansen Apo, a 31-year-old Native Hawaiian man, was shot to death late on April 19, 2019, after driving to a family property along Kamehameha Highway in Punaluʻu on Oʻahu’s windward side. Investigators described a scene where blood was present the night of the shooting but Apo’s body was not located until the next day, hidden in brush near a banana patch behind the home.

Authorities say the man who fired the shots, Ray T.K. Sheldon, did not dispute pulling the trigger; the case instead centered on competing accounts. Prosecutors told jurors Apo was unarmed when Sheldon escalated from a handgun to an AR-15-style rifle and continued shooting. The defense said Sheldon fired warning shots and then used the rifle after Apo allegedly surged forward and struck him. Investigators reported blood at the scene and later found a rifle hidden in the vehicle of Sheldon’s girlfriend. The prosecution ultimately could not secure a unanimous verdict after two hung juries, and the murder charges were dismissed instead of going to a third trial. An obituary listed his full name as Hansen Alakaʻi Ike Naʻauao Kalani Apo and placed his passing on April 20, 2019.

If anyone knew Hansen, his movements that night, or has information about what happened on the property, please share what is known.