Ronald Kawamae, 54, of Honolulu’s Makiki neighborhood, was shot and killed at his desk in Room 204 of the Xerox facility on Nimitz Highway on the morning of November 2, 1999. Police say the violence began soon after fellow employee Byran K. Uyesugi entered the building and moved upstairs; Kawamae was among seven Xerox employees who died in a rapid burst of gunfire that day. An eighth co-worker escaped after being shot at.

Authorities recovered a firearm from the van, and Uyesugi was charged with multiple counts including first-degree murder and attempted murder. At trial in 2000 the insanity defense was rejected, he was convicted, and jurors returned life sentences; appeals were later denied. Civil suits by victims’ families, including Kawamae’s survivors, alleged missed warning signs and were settled confidentially.

Did anyone who knew Ronald Kawamae at work or in Makiki notice anything unusual about his routine or the workplace environment before November 2, 1999?