Frances Lin joined the Island News team in March 2024 as a Digital Content Producer. She is from Taipei, Taiwan and lived in the U.S. for the past 12 years.
Fran has been in the news industry for 10 years and was most recently a reporter for KATU News in Portland, Oregon. Prior to that, she was a reporter for KOLR 10 News in Springfield, Missouri after graduating from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Communication.
As a licensed skydiver, Fran enjoys jumping out of airplanes for fun. She also likes art, cooking, and is a pom-mom to a 4 lb white fluffy Pomeranian.
Wailuku, Hawaii (Island News) – A 21-year-old woman was shot in the Wailuku Elementary School Park parking lot on Monday, March 25.
According to the Maui Police Department, officers responded to a terroristic threat at about 3:12 a.m. When they arrived, they found the 21-year-old woman with a gunshot wound. Police say her boyfriend, a 19-year-old, frequents the Wailuku area and were asleep in their car when they were approached by two Kahului men, aged 19 and 20.
Police say the men asked the couple for narcotics, and the couple said they didn’t have any. The men left to drink alcohol, then returned to the car to ask for a lighter. A “verbal exchange ensued,” then the 20-year-old took out a gun. His companion, the 19-year-old, took the gun and tried to climb into the car. The 19-year-old in the car tried to wrestle the gun from the offender, who hit him on the head with the gun then pointed it at the woman’s head. He shot her, then the two men ran away.
The woman was taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for treatment. No other injuries were reported.
At 1:18 p.m., police found the 19-year-old man in his Kahului house, and arrested him for attempted first degree murder at 1:33 p.m. At 8 p.m., his companion, the 20-year-old, turned himself in at the Wailuku Police Station without incident, where he was arrested for first degree terroristic threatening.
Both remain in police custody as of March 26. Charges are pending, and the investigation remains open.
Frances Lin joined the Island News team in March 2024 as a Digital Content Producer. She is from Taipei, Taiwan and lived in the U.S. for the past 12 years.
Fran has been in the news industry for 10 years and was most recently a reporter for KATU News in Portland, Oregon. Prior to that, she was a reporter for KOLR 10 News in Springfield, Missouri after graduating from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Communication.
As a licensed skydiver, Fran enjoys jumping out of airplanes for fun. She also likes art, cooking, and is a pom-mom to a 4 lb white fluffy Pomeranian.
