Racial slur reportedly preceded Nanakuli attack
A 21-year-old woman charged with terroristic threatening allegedly yelled a racial slur at a 28-year-old woman before she struck her and her boyfriend with her sedan at a gas station in Nanakuli.
Paresse K. Lai of Nanakuli was charged with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and one count of failure to render aid after she allegedly struck the woman and a 30-year-old man in an attack Sunday. A 73-year-old woman who was exiting her car as Lai was allegedly leaving the scene also suffered injuries.
Lai is scheduled to appear at District Court today for her preliminary hearing. Her bail was set at $25,000.
At about 3 p.m. Sunday, police said the 28-year-old woman was standing next to her parked vehicle at a gas pump at the Hele gas station at 87-2070 Farrington Highway when a white sedan operated by Lai entered the gas station.
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