Abraham E. Mahiko

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI

Felonious

End of Watch December 16, 1963

Age 22

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo

The Vigil Panel 99 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 50

Incident

Officer Abraham Mahiko and Officer Andrew Morales were shot and killed at the intersection of Cooke Street and Kawaiahao Street. As they walked up to a suspicious vehicle, the occupants opened fire, killing both. Unknown to them, the subjects had planned to rob the Nikko Cafe and Denver Grill and were waiting for the patrons to leave. Three men, ages 20, 20, and 30, were arrested and charged with their murders a week later. A fourth suspect, age 20, was arrested on January 2, 1964, in San Francisco by FBI agents. In 1964, one suspect was sentenced to 60 years for an unrelated robbery committed a week before the officer's murders. On April 8, 1965, that suspect and another, who both fired the fatal shots, were convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life without parole. Both were still in prison in 2000. The other two were allowed to plead guilty to accessory after the fact. It was the first time in the department's history that two officers died at the same time in the line of duty. Officer Mahiko had served with the Honolulu Police Department for just over one year. He was survived by his expectant wife and 1-year-old child. His second child was born in February.

Survivors

He was survived by his expectant wife and 1-year-old child.

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Tributes

You barely got started.
Officer Mahiko gave the Honolulu Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Mahiko.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department

Location Honolulu, HI

Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 16, 1963

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 1 mo

Age 22

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Not available

Officer Abraham E. Mahiko is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In HI, 31 of 64 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.8 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Honolulu Police Department, 20 of 51 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 39.2% of this agency's fallen.

Honolulu Police Department

of 51 officers

39.2% Felonious

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

48.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious