This is next, News 8 starts now.
Attacked, the shark rips off a Kauai surfer's arm.
Tonight, eyewitnesses describe the terrifying encounter.
I was completely in shock, and then I got sick to my stomach.
We have 19 coverages.
Fellow surfers react to the vicious attack.
A man opens fire outside a California courthouse,
and it's all caught on tape.
No tricks, just treats at this local cafe.
It's cheap eats in Kalihi.
Plus, why an Eva family spends months
to turn this happy home into Hawaii's scariest haunted house.
Now, from Hilo to Hanalei, live, local, late breaking.
This is News 8 at 10 with Howard Dyshevsky and Jodie Leong.
Good evening, everybody.
We begin tonight with a late breaking story from Kamehameha
schools.
There are reports tonight several football players
there have been suspended.
News 8's Russell Yamanoha joins us live now
with more on the story.
Russ?
That's right, the ILH football championship
is on the line tomorrow night when state number two Kamehameha
takes on number three St. Louis.
But going into that game, some bad news for Kamehameha.
According to an unnamed school official,
several Kamehameha football players
have been indefinitely suspended from school
and will not play in the ILH title game tomorrow night
against St. Louis.
Unconfirmed reports say the players may
have been involved in an incident last week
on the Kapalama campus in which they were videotaped engaging
in sexual activity with a female student.
A Kamehameha spokesman said tonight
that he could neither confirm nor deny the report,
adding that it is Kamehameha school policy that
matters of disciplinary action against students
are kept confidential.
Several calls to school officials
were not returned tonight.
We'll have more coming up later in sports.
Thanks a lot, Russell.
Now to our other top story.
A 13-year-old Kauai girl is recovering tonight
after a shark bit off her arm.
Bethany Hamilton is in stable condition
at Wilcox Hospital on Kauai tonight.
She was attacked at about 8 o'clock this morning
at Tunnels Beach, a popular surfing spot
on Kauai's North Shore.
We have night team coverage.
Marvin Buenconcejo tells us how the attack is affecting
the surfing community.
But we begin with News 8's Lisa Kubota live from Alamoana.
Lisa?
Howard, just to give you an idea of how large the shark is,
this is the size of the 17-inch long bite mark it left behind.
Now tonight, shark experts are studying the girl's surfboard
for clues about the creature.
Because it was a large piece.
It was a big shark.
Police measured the nearly 17-inch long bite
mark on the mangled surfboard.
This morning's violent attack surprised swimmers
at the popular surf spot, Tunnels Beach.
Bethany Hamilton was just kind of playing around.
And the next thing I knew, she was kind of going for a wave.
And she went from screaming of joy to pain.
And a shark just took off her arm from here down.
Amateur surfer Bethany Hamilton, seen here in a surf meet
last summer, was with her friend Alana Blanchard and Alana's
father, Holt Blanchard.
In an instant, 13-year-old Bethany
lost her left arm just below the shoulder.
There was no movement.
It was a clean attack.
She just took a bite and split.
Walba called 911 while Holt Blanchard applied a tourniquet
using a board leash.
Friends even went back out to search for the arm,
hoping doctors could reattach it.
We're trying to get a boat together to go look for her arm.
Because it took a big chunk of foam.
And usually when they do that, they spit it right out.
Lifeguards posted warning signs and closed off
a section of the shoreline.
Judging by the bite mark, experts
estimate the shark to be 12 to 15 feet long.
Bethany's family declined to talk to the media,
but issued a statement asking for everyone's prayers.
The whole way through it, she remained conscious.
And she was trying to paddle in by herself.
She kept it together the whole way in.
She never cried.
I didn't see her cry.
And she was a trooper.
Authorities say water conditions were
clear at the time of the attack and that there were no
indications that sharks were in the area.
Lifeguards plan to reopen the stretch between Ke'e and Wai'niha
Beach tomorrow morning.
Reporting live from Ala Moana Beach Park, Lisa Kubota, News 8.
Thank you, Lisa.
The tragic event has sent a shockwave
through the local surfing community.
The night teams Marv and Wayne can say who continues
our coverage.
Marv?
Well, you know, Bethany, Hamilton,
and professional surfer Ke'ala Kennelly
have a good deal in common.
Both are from the Garden Isle, born and raised.
Both made their marks, tearing it up on the ocean.
But those similarities have only served
to amplify Ke'ala Kennelly's reaction to the stunning news.
I was completely in shock.
And then I got sick to my stomach.
I just wanted to throw up.
And my whole family was actually in my apartment
when we found out.
And my mom was screaming.
My parents knew the girl a lot better than I.
Ke'ala Kennelly is the top ranked professional surfer
on the World Championship Tour.
She's also starred in the movie Blue Crush.
Kennelly says she had the pleasure of meeting
Bethany this past August.
She was with a group of her friends.
And she was really excited to meet me.
And they all wanted to talk about surfing
and tell me about all their contests and results and stuff.
And just a really happy, fun girl.
I think it's so unfair.
There's so many kids out there doing drugs
or getting into trouble.
And here you have a young girl that's so positive
and doing something really positive for herself,
going out in the ocean and doing sports.
Kennelly is 25 years old, 12 years
older than Bethany Hamilton.
The elder stateswoman sends this personal message
to young Bethany.
I wish her the best.
And you have to just be strong.
And it's definitely going to be a big life changing thing
for her.
But her life is by far way not over.
And she just has to be strong and hang in there.
And I'm praying for her.
Now at this moment, Kennelly is on her way to Fiji
for a photo shoot.
But she says she plans on visiting Bethany
as soon as the pro surfer returns home.
Reporting live, Marvin Wink and Seho News 8.
Thanks a lot, Marv.
Also on Kauai, a mother and daughter
spent the day together after five years apart.
Elka Herscher arrived on Kauai from Florida last night.
One day after receiving word her missing daughter
had been found, police found 11-year-old Angeline
was with Herscher's ex-husband.
John Michael Bryan is accused of kidnapping Angeline in 1998.
Kauai police arrested Bryan on Wednesday.
Back on Oahu, a 30-year-old man went to court today
to face charges he opened fire outside Porky's Bar in Kailua.
Joseph Leake is accused of shooting a 16-year-old boy
and a 24-year-old man early Monday.
In court today, Leake's attorneys
argued there isn't enough evidence to support
attempted murder charges.
But the judge disagreed and sent the case to trial.
Leake is set to be arraigned at Circuit Court November 13.
Honolulu police are looking for possible witnesses
to a deadly shooting in IA over the weekend.
Police believe these two people may
know something about the murder.
And they are asking for the two witnesses to come forward.
49-year-old Greg Morishima was gunned down Sunday night
by several masked gunmen.
The suspects took off in a beige or tan-colored SUV.
If you have any information about the case,
you are asked to call Honolulu police.
News 8 Everywhere begins tonight with some dramatic and
frightening video.
A man opened fire on his attorney
outside a California courthouse today.
And it was all caught on tape.
And we warn you, the video you're about to see
is disturbing.
Witnesses believe 60-year-old William Stryler fired
as many as seven shots at his attorney.
I heard pow, not pop.
But it was a large pow.
And then followed by three more.
Stryler calmly walked away as 53-year-old Jerry Curry,
still standing, asked for help.
News photographer Daniel Diaz identified Stryler
before police arrested him.
This is the guy.
Get off!
Get off!
Get off!
Get off!
Last one.
He was angry.
He was very focused, yes.
He just kept saying, you know, that's what he gets for taking
a shot.
Several witnesses say they first heard the two men arguing
that Stryler yelled at his attorney.
At first, Curry tried to hide behind his briefcase.
Then he sought safety behind a tree.
Dozens of television cameras and reporters
were on the scene covering the Robert Blake
hearing, an unrelated case.
But they found themselves witnesses
to this bizarre shooting.
Although the gunman fired from near point blank range,
his bloodied victim was responsive to emergency
personnel before they transported him
to the hospital in stable condition.
Police say it appears Stryler was angry about a probate case,
but they did not offer any other details.
In other news tonight, a disaster just 22 feet
off the ground in Japan, a small stunt plane
crashing in front of thousands of onlookers.
The light aircraft crash is a rehearse
for an acrobatic stunt for an air show in Motegi, Japan.
It's north of Tokyo.
The Russian pilot flying the plane survived the crash,
but is reportedly in serious condition tonight.
More than 2,000 people were gathered to see the stunts
and witness the crash.
Nobody on the ground was injured as a result of this crash.
To southern California now, where homeowner Ben Mosco
grabbed his camera as fire nearly devoured his home,
it looked like a lost cause until helicopters showed up
to drop water right on top of the fire.
So far, the California wildfires have claimed 20 lives
and destroyed more than 2,800 homes.
They've also charred nearly 750,000 acres.
And contestants on a British reality show
were expecting a treat, but ended up getting tricked.
The contestants on the show, Find Me a Man,
learned at the end of the show that Miriam,
an attractive woman they'd been pursuing,
so they thought was an attractive woman,
but she proved to be a man.
The contestants are demanding that the show
not be broadcast and have even hired a lawyer.
Sky One Television says the show
is not currently scheduled to air.
Thousands of ghosts and goblins pack into Waikiki.
We'll take you there next when News 8 at 10 continues.
But hey, why go to Waikiki when perhaps
the scariest place on Earth is in the Eva Plains?
It's a spooky haunted house that even had our reporter
transforming into an evil demon.
And rest in peace, it's R&Ps
and it's the focus of tonight's Cheap Eats.
And a little bit later in sports,
we have a Halloween edition of Aloha Friday Football.
Will the Beanie's spooky upsets?
It's playoff time and Russell has highlights.
And nothing scary about the weekend forecast.
Good news for surfers, another swell is headed our way.
I'll have all the details coming up later
in your neighborhood weather forecast.
A look at high temperatures across the state today.
Kahului, Maui coming in as the hot spot
with a high of 91 degrees.
News 8 at 10, we'll be right back.
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Happy Halloween, you're looking live from Waikiki tonight.
Traffic is backed up as thousands pack into Kalakaua Avenue
to show off their costumes and have a good time
once the traffic eases.
These are parties at the Wave Waikiki,
there are parties at the Wave Waikiki tonight,
Restaurant Row, Aloha Tower,
and many other sites across Oahu.
And when you think of Halloween,
costumes and trick-or-treating probably come to mind.
But that's all child's play for one family and Eva.
They're modern day monsters
and they take their Halloween holiday very seriously.
We sent News 8's Joanne Shinn out there earlier tonight.
This is how she appeared on News 8 at five.
Well, since then, she has undergone
a little bit of a transformation.
I can't believe they did this.
This is a doing of the Armstrong family.
And like I said, this is no ordinary family,
one that can take just about anyone back to the dark side.
They say at this house, somewhere deep in Eva,
each year on Halloween,
there's something strange that goes on.
Coming a little closer, even closer.
Meet the Armstrongs.
They spend half a year planning for today.
There's only two holidays
that we actually really celebrate.
It's only Halloween and New Year's.
That's Bill and Tim,
the masterminds behind this wicked creation.
Two brothers living out a childhood fantasy.
We grew up in Kalihi Valley,
scaring kids in the graveyard.
Now they have Tim's house and a budget to work with
to create what they call the haunted house
of all haunted houses.
My mother said that the last graveyard that we had
wasn't good enough
because the headstones were made out of cardboard.
And that's when the madness began.
Our motto is if someone says we can't do it,
then we do the best we can to make it happen.
My pride and joy is actually the crematorium.
The garage converted into an elaborate maze,
created not from a do-it-yourself kit,
but derived from pure insanity.
Six months of work, $600 spent,
half a football field of cardboard.
It's just unreal what we can do with cardboard.
The result? Tim's wife will not go through it.
My daughter is totally terrified.
She won't even go during the day.
One house few dare to venture into.
Those who do may never come out alive.
Ha ha ha ha.
And the Armstrongs will be here
as long as there are trick or treaters to scare.
And one more thing, have a happy and safe Halloween.
Reporting on scene from Eva, Joanne Shin, News 8.
Oh, they're having lots of fun.
We're normal neighbors.
Oh yeah, it's the scariest ride on a Las Vegas trip.
Or perhaps anywhere on the planet.
Buckle up, it's coming your way next on News 8 at 10.
Also your weather with meteorologist Sheri Shimas.
We take a peek at YAA School,
one of our neighborhood school net locations,
80 degrees at this hour.
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Live from News 8, your neighborhood weather report.
Welcome back.
We have a sunny trade wind weekend in the forecast.
Yes, I said trade winds.
It looks like they should be back
just in time for your Saturday.
And they will be sticking with us into next week.
Also we have a north shore swell arriving late tomorrow,
eight to 12 foot faces expected on the north side,
the west coming in at four to six,
right now no marine warnings in effect.
It looks like this swell should be below advisory levels,
one to three foot faces along east
as well as south facing shores.
That trough that brought us the unstable weather
as well as those clouds and showers throughout the week
this week is starting to lift out to the north
and starting to dissipate.
This will allow high pressure to fill back in
and return the trade winds statewide as early as tomorrow.
And as we work our way through the weekend
and into next week,
we'll see those trade winds increase a notch.
As far as radar imagery,
we've seen a few showers developing in the afternoon hours.
Most of the showers have tapered off in the evening.
In fact, most of the moisture coming in
on the leeward side of the big island,
as well as Kauai, the central portion of the state
has been rather quiet this evening.
And that's good news for trick or treaters
who are out there this evening.
And those people enjoying the Halloween festivities
into the late evening hours.
We're looking at a partly cloudy holiday evening,
Halloween evening I should say, also a holiday,
an isolated shower, the easterly trades blowing
at 10 to 15, temperatures in the low to mid 70s tonight.
And looking at your Saturday forecast,
we should see sunshine over leeward areas,
windward sections picking up a few isolated clouds,
as well as a few isolated showers.
And as we work our way into the next five days,
the trade winds will be increasing just a notch.
We're looking at those trade winds to increase
to about 15 to 25, in fact, by early next week.
And with the breezier trade winds by midweek next week,
we should also see the trade showers on the upswing,
mainly affecting windward areas.
And Friday!
Friday, photo day!
Hey, let's take a look at this great shot,
beautiful shot, sunrise taken in Waimanalo,
sent in by Paul and Sean Murakawa.
Early rises, I believe they were out there fishing.
So you can see the cirrus clouds,
as well as the low level clouds out there.
Very nice.
And if you want to send us your favorite weather shot,
you could send it to us at the address there on the screen,
whether at KHNL.com or here at the station.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks, Sherry.
Thank you much.
Sam and Lyle are heading to Kalihi
for this week's Cheap Eats.
They're scaring up and dishing up
more than just ghosts and goblins.
Cheap Eats is coming up next on News 8 at 10.
On the next Sam Choi's Kitchen,
opaka-paka in spinach luau sauce and poke patties,
all with a delicious blend of the Makaha suns.
Sam Choi's Kitchen, Saturday.
We all know it's Halloween.
Time for Sam and Lyle to scare up some Cheap Eats.
It's a tiny place, only three tables,
but boy do the customers love the food.
We're back in Kalihi at R&P's Cafe and Catering,
and Sam, might I say you've never looked so good.
Lyle, with a mouth like that, you're perfect for Cheap Eats.
Happy Halloween!
Ooh!
Yes, walk into R&P's Cafe.
Happy Halloween.
Welcome to R&P's Cafe and Catering.
And it's like every day is Halloween.
Sam's in the kitchen with R&P's Preston Chun,
where they're scaring up some ghosts and goblins.
Plate lunches are priced from 4.45 to five bucks,
and customers rave about the amount of food you get.
The crab cake is a crab patty.
The hamburger steak, we normally get one or two,
you get three big patties.
I'm a big guy, the servings are really big,
it's enough to fill me up.
Whoa, this place is magic.
Sam, happy Halloween.
Happy Halloween, Lyle.
Lyle?
Yeah.
Ooh!
We're sampling some baked chicken, roast pork,
Korean chicken, and a fruit platter.
Little trick or treat treat right here.
Hmm.
Oh, Korean chicken.
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
Oh, Lyle, how was that, Lyle?
Oh, Sam, we're gonna split up.
Better than you find at the graveyard.
It's R&P's Cafe and Catering in Kalihi.
Happy Halloween, everybody.
Up next in sports, the Damien Monarchs
accomplish something they've never done in school history.
And we have semi-final action from the OIA.
Russell Yavanoha has the highlights next.
News 8 and 10 continues now with Aloha Friday Football.
Hi, everyone, everybody.
Welcome back to Aloha Friday Football.
We start tonight with some bad news
for one of the state's top prep football programs.
Kamehameha, ranked number two in the state,
is faced with a possible scandal tonight.
As we told you earlier, an unnamed school official
told News 8 tonight that several football players
have been suspended from school
and will not play in the ILH Division I Championship game
tomorrow night against St. Louis.
Reports say the players may have been involved
in an incident last week on the Kamehameha campus
in which they were videotaped engaging in sexual activity
with a female student.
A Kamehameha spokesman said tonight
that he could neither confirm nor deny the report,
and he added that matters of disciplinary action
against students are kept confidential.
In accordance with Kamehameha school policy,
several calls to school officials were not returned tonight,
but again, several players on Kamehameha's football team
have been suspended and will not play
in the ILH Championship game tomorrow night
when the Warriors take on St. Louis.
Moving on now to matters on the field,
the OIA Division I playoffs into semifinal play tonight
to start us off.
We got a top five battle, number four,
Kailua running with number five, Mielilani,
and the Trojans catch a break early.
Ian Tanaka comes up with the fumble,
and that would lead to some tricky stuff,
the halfback option pass, Aaron Bischoff,
to Jordan Abduhan.
Two plays later, Mielilani punches it in,
but then Kailua comes surfing right back.
Kailuroi Kohatsu, he's got the ball,
and he's not giving it up.
Takes it just short of the goal line.
On the very next play, he's in,
the first of 20 straight-on-answer points for Kailua.
Mielilani kept off the board by plays like this.
Keahegu with the pick in the end zone,
the surf riders putting that into points.
Kohatsu deep to Dillon Linkner.
That's a touchdown.
This game's still underway,
and it's in the fourth quarter with the score.
There you see it.
Kailua still holding to that 20-to-6 lead.
In the early game, it was Kahuku taking on Farrington.
Fica Corvalio.
He goes play action pass deep,
and on the middle of the field is Kahuku
trying to bounce back from an early 12-6 deficit,
and that would set up Tavita Opa.
He takes it in for the Kahuku touchdown right here.
Farrington trying to come back.
Quarterback Etty Antonio.
He's going to all-star Matt Bell.
Unfortunately, the Red Raiders just too much tonight.
Michael Garcia, he's gonna punch it home
for another Kahuku touchdown.
The Red Raiders win this one big 42-18.
They advance to next week's OIA,
Division I Championship game.
ILH also into playoff ball.
Damian and Mielilani in a Division II battle.
The Raider quarterback, Keren Kapo'o, gets leveled.
The ball gets scooped up by the Monarchs.
Sooni Savello, he returns it for a Damian touchdown.
But Iolani coming back.
Savello puts it up for lead.
Kornaga, but Damian will come back to win this one.
They win their first ILH title, 28-21.
Their first ILH Division II title.
We move now to the college game.
The Warrior football team is in San Jose, California tonight
for a game tomorrow against San Jose State.
The Spartans, no doubt still hurting
after they were absolutely hammered 77-14
last week at Boise State.
But Hawaii not taking anything for granted.
They've had their fair share of troubles
on the road this year.
Hawaii won't play at home again until Thanksgiving weekend.
That's a fact not lost to Hawaii defensive lineman,
Mel Purcell.
I'm getting sick and tired of these road games, man.
I mean, I want our fans to be there.
I want the Hawaiian to be at every game we have.
So I don't like road games and stuff like that.
So it kind of throws me off.
Spartans and Warriors, they're kicking off tomorrow morning
at 10 Hawaii time.
That's noon Pacific.
You can catch that game on K5 the home team.
It's coming to you live from San Jose, California.
Finally in sports, a tough weekend
for local golf star Michelle Wee.
Round two of the CJ Nine Bridges Classic
in South Korea just completed.
And Wee firing a 78 and coupled with her first round 85
that's 19 over for the event.
And she's likely not to make the cut.
Wee has said that this would be her last LPGA event
of the year as she concentrates on her freshman year
at Poonahome.
So tough way to go through your freshman year.
Let's send it back up to the dance.
All right, Russell, thank you very much.
Talk about a frightening Halloween
and we're not talking about the traffic in Waikiki.
News 8 at 10 wraps up with a cliffhanger when we come back.
Finally, we saw it under construction.
We've been telling you about it for weeks.
And tonight finally marked the grand opening
of the new X-Cream ride at the Stratosphere Casino and Hotel
in Las Vegas.
The teeter-totter ride dips passengers
over the edge of the tower with speeds
at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour.
Riders feel as though they're plummeting to the Vegas
trip below.
It'll cost you $8 to ride to the top of the Stratosphere.
Once there, you'll have to pay an additional fee
to ride X-Cream.
I'll just go down that traditional way.
You could not pay me enough.
Appropriately named, I'd be screaming.
Yeah, really.
Would you do it?
No.
No, no, no.
No.
Are you crazy?
But tonight's show on Jaylen is coming up next.
Thank you for watching News 8 at 10.
Happy Halloween.
Yes.
Good night.
Good night.
Yup.