The 38-year-old felon charged with killing a Maui police officer was accused of carrying a handgun and beating the mother of his children two days before the fatal shooting in Paia.

Maui Police Officer Suzanne O, a five-year veteran of the force, was fatally shot in the chest responding to a call about someone trespassing onto a vacant property and

The Maui community is mourning the loss of Officer Suzanne O, who was gunned down in the line of duty on Friday, Aug. 15.