Kunia family shaken after neighbor fires dozens of bullets into home
Jobeth Devera
Oct 16, 2016 05:14 PM
KUNIA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Kunia family is shaken up after their neighbor allegedly fired dozens of bullets into their home Saturday afternoon.
"It's obvious he wasn't trying to scare us, it was obvious he was trying to kill us," said Dawn Aglipay.
Alipay says the first shots erupted through their front door around 3 p.m.
That's when she, her husband and their two sons ran to the bathroom to seek shelter.
"Like about 20 gunshots were firing at that time," said Aglipay.
Aglipay identified the shooter as her neighbor, 52-year-old Scott Vidinha.
She says earlier in the day, Vidinha first made sexual comments to her two boys as they carried groceries upstairs.
"He said some inappropriate things to me," said one of boys, Kana'i Aglipay. "He told me 'don't tell your parents' and he was pointing his finger up like don't tell them and stuff."
Aglipay called the police, twice, but she says nothing was done.
Shortly thereafter, she saw Vidinha leave in a car and return later with an AR-15 rifle, enclosed, in what looked like, a guitar case.
"He had a vest and it looked like he was putting ammunition into his vest," said Aglipay.
Aglipay called police a third time after she heard a gunshot coming from Vidinha's home.
That prompted officers to the scene, but Aglipay says still, no progress was made. "They told me he had no signs of any guns and no signs a gun had been shot," she said.
In fact, Aglipay says officers told her it seemed like she was the one harassing Vidinha.
Police left the area and about 10 minutes later, Aglipay recorded Vidinha on her cell phone as he exposed himself on their front lawn.
"He calls us and drops his pants and says all kinds of crazy things, then he says 'I'm going to shoot you through the wall,'" said Aglipay. "Of course I didn't believe him because I didn't think he would do that."
Aglipay says at least 30 rounds of ammunition were fired into her home. Fortunately, not a single one hit her family.
"Our angels were holding the door and they were around us," she said.
She believes police didn't do enough and should have taken her calls more seriously.
"This could've been avoided because we called them 3 times in an hour and a half to two hours." Aglipay said.
Police finally arrested Vidinha for attempted murder, but Aglipay says she still fears for her family's safety.
"I'm just concerned if he could make bail and get out," she said.
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