Ka Laina: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer Ua komo ʻelua mau kānaka kaua a powa iā Dejaun Jewellers Inc. ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo Oaks i ke awakea Pōʻakolu, e hele ana me ka nui ʻole o nā mea nani. ʻO Sgt. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rod Mendoza, he luna me ke Keʻena Makai Nui o Ventura County, ua komo lāua i loko o ka hale kūʻai ma mua o ka hola 11 a.m. ma ka puka mall. Ma hope o ka huki ʻana i kahi pū lima mai kona pūhaka mai, ua kauoha kekahi o nā kāne i nā limahana hale kūʻai ʻelua i loko o kahi lumi hope. Ua koi ʻia kekahi limahana e noho ma ke keʻena hope a ʻo ka lua i hele pū me ke kanaka ʻē aʻe i kahi pahu hōʻike nani. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mendoza ua koi ke kanaka i ka limahana e lawe i nā mea mai ka hihia a waiho i loko o kahi ʻeke kūʻai. Hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka limahana i ka lumi o hope a haʻalele ka poʻe i ka hale kūʻai. Ua haʻi aku nā mea hōʻike i nā mākaʻi ua ʻike lākou i nā kāne e holo ana ma ka hale kūʻai ʻo Bullock a haʻalele i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka hale kūʻai. Ke kali nei mākou e lohe mai kekahi ma The Oaks i kēlā manawa - ma waena o 9:30 a me 11 a.m. - ʻo wai paha ka mea i ʻike i kekahi mea, "wahi a Mendoza. Ua wehewehe nā mākaʻi i ka poʻe i hoʻopiʻi ʻia he ʻelua kāne ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o ko lākou mau makahiki he 20 e ʻaʻahu ana i nā lole ʻeleʻele. Nīnau ʻo ia i kekahi me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pōā e kāhea i ka hui hewa nui ma ke Keʻena Makai Nui o Ventura County ma (805) 494-8215. ʻO ka luna hale kūʻai, ka mea i hōʻole i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kona inoa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua wehe ʻia ka hale kūʻai i ka Pōʻakolu ʻoiai e mālama ʻia ana kahi papa inoa o nā mea i nalowale. Ua hōʻole nā luna hale kūʻai i ka ʻōlelo ʻana no ka pōā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mendoza ke hoʻoholo ʻia nei ka waiwai o nā mea i ʻaihue ʻia. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ka Makai Nui i nā limahana no ka pakele ʻana i ka pōʻino o ka pōā, me ka ʻike ʻana ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā pōā like ʻole ma nā hale kūʻai mea kūʻai ma ka hale kūʻai. I ka wā ma mua, ua wāwahi nā mea hoʻopiʻi i nā puka makani a hoʻoweliweli i nā poʻe i loko o nā hale kūʻai. Ua ola lākou . . . ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hana maikaʻi lākou,'' wahi a Mendoza no nā limahana ʻelua. ʻAʻohe mea kūʻai ma ka hale kūʻai i ka manawa o ka pōā. Manaʻo ʻo Mendoza i nā mea kālepa e kū nei i nā powa e hui pū. Pono lākou e makaʻala i kahi hana maʻamau a i ʻole nā kānaka maʻamau. Inā kū lākou i kēia, pono lākou e hui pū a hana i nā mea a pau a ka poʻe (powa) e noi ai iā ʻoe e hana, "wahi āna. ʻAʻohe mea kūpono e hoʻoweliweli iā ʻoe iho i kahi ʻeha.''
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