By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: April 15, 2021 HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) The Navy has confirmed that the sailor who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday at the Kahala Hotel & Resort was a lieutenant commander assigned to the Naval Submarine Support Center at Pearl Harbor. Russell Cruz, 40, of New York, had been previously identified by the Honolulu Medical Examiner s office as the individual involved in the barricade situation in which several shots were reportedly fired through a hotel room door. The Naval Submarine Support Center provides operational support for Pearl Harbor home-ported submarines, their crews, families, and the staffs of Submarine Squadrons One and Seven, the U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force said.
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The Navy released details about his identity Wednesday. The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office released his name on Monday.
The center he was assigned to provides operational support for Pearl Harbor homeported submarines, their crews, families and staff of Submarine Squadrons One and Seven.
“Every member of our Navy team is important; this is a painful time for our local community and the U.S. Navy,” said a statement from Cmdr. Cindy Fields, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force.
Cruz was a Navy supply officer and a submarine warfare qualified officer, Fields said.
According to his bio, he enlisted in 2001.