David Ronk was a 44-year-old Honolulu police officer killed on June 15, 1987, after serving a temporary restraining order in the Maili-Waianae area of Oahu. Officers had attempted to serve the order the day before but left when the subject, Clyde Pinero, slipped away. The next morning Ronk spoke with Pinero’s mother, was given permission to look inside, and found Pinero hiding. A sudden struggle ensued, Pinero gained control of Ronk’s service revolver, and Ronk was shot. He was airlifted to The Queen’s Medical Center and died later that morning from the wound.

Pinero was subdued at the scene, arrested and prosecuted. The case produced multiple trials: an initial conviction was overturned by the Hawaii Supreme Court for serious trial errors; a second trial resulted in a hung jury on the murder charge while yielding a weapons conviction; a third trial produced a renewed first-degree murder conviction that was affirmed on appeal in 1993. The killing is noted for arising from the routine act of serving a domestic court order that turned deadly inside a home.

If anyone knew David Ronk, Clyde Pinero, or was in the Maili-Waianae area on June 15, 1987, please share what was seen or heard.