UPDATE: Christopher Deedy was released from police custody after posting $250,000 bail.
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A federal special agent was charged Sunday night with second degree murder for Saturday’s deadly shooting in at McDonald’s.
Police say 27-year old Christopher Deedy killed 23 year-old Kollin Elderts in the McDonalds on Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki.
Gunshots rang out around three o’clock Saturday morning.
"Everyone was liked freaked out people ran out," said Dexter Davis.
Davis was waiting to order his food when it happened.
"I just turned around and I seen the guy laying on the ground," he says.
Witnesses say that Elderts had been yelling racial slurs, before getting into an altercation with Deedy.
Police say Deedy fired three shots.
"I heard a pow and then a few seconds later I heard pow pow pow," said Connie Reinking, who was across the street at the time.
Police say one of the bullets hit Elderts in the chest, killing him.
Another bullet ended up in the wall and a third ended up in the ceiling.
Police also recovered a knife at the scene and got a copy of the surveillance video.
Investigators don’t believe Elderts and Deedy met prior to the incident inside McDonalds.
"It’s kinda weird because we don’t really have that much other than the fights," said Robert Hackney, owner of A Tiki Tatto which is next door to the McDonald’s. "shootings – that’s pretty unusual."
Kollin Elderts was from Kailua – a Kalaheo grad.
His family says Kollin wasn’t the type to cause trouble.
"Yeah he likes to party like any young person does, but never a person to make any problem for anybody," said his uncle Kalani Elderts.
Christopher Deedy is from Arlington, Virginia and is a Special Agent for the US State Department.
Officials say Deedy was off-duty at the time.
The State Department won’t say whether or not he’s in town for APEC.
In addition to murder, Deedy is also charged with a firearms offense.
His bail is set at $250,000.
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