HONOLULU (Island News) -- The shooting that closed down Punchbowl Street for more than two and a half hours Thursday morning was dramatic and heartbreaking.

One state employee working nearby said she heard three loud gun shots.

"It's scary. That's why I said 'Oh I hope that guy wasn't going to come inside our building or something,'" Ceres said.

Interim Chief Rade Vanic said the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) was notified that an armed 50-year-old man outside the hospital was expressing suicidal thoughts.

When officers arrived they said the man reached into his waistband, pulled out a revolver and pointed it at the officers who then opened fire.

"Obviously, for someone who is suicidal there's different things that we can do, but once that person decides to use deadly force and poi

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