HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Charles Manning was not expecting a hallway filled with screaming students and staff at Pahoa High School last Friday.

“I was in total disbelief and shock and overwhelmed,” said Manning. “I figured, when I opened the door, I’d overlook a courtyard and there’d be a few students and a few teachers.”

It wasn’t just a few. A lot of people came out, some with signs and lei, all to hug the beloved social studies teacher one last time.

“And as it progressed, I can’t tell you how many times I cried, how many students I saw, and even ex-students showed up. It was, it was just overwhelming. I didn’t know what to say,” said Manning.

The 67-year-old is retiring after 44 years at the state Department of Education. He spent 42 of those years in Puna, teaching the proud Daggers and he’s leaving quite a legacy.

“One of my greatest highlights was when I started or helped start the girls wrestling team here at Pahoa High School and in the state of Hawaii,” said Manning.

As wrestling coach in the 1980s, Manning encouraged two girls to be the first in the islands to try the sport.

One of them is the daughter of fellow Pahoa High educator, Iwalani Woo O’Brien.

Sarah Visaya made Hawaii sports history by being the first girl to ever pin a boy on Hawaii Island; an accomplishment that Manning said made front-page news.

“They were powerful coaches who gave my daughter her self worth and self esteem back,” said O’Brien. She recalled Coach Manning and the assistant coach telling the girls, “You can go in there. I know it’s boys, but you can do this.”

Manning’s retirement wasn’t supposed to happen this soon, but a cancer diagnosis shifted his focus on his family. His son was there with him for his last day on campus.

“The school starts to sing the alma mater and that’s where me and my dad both kind of started to cry because we did not expect that,” said Jerricho Manning.

“People would ask me, ‘Well why do you stay at Pahoa?’ and I say because at Pahoa, I can make an impact, and I think I did,” said Charles Manning.

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HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) – A suspect wanted in a murder investigation died in an officer-involved shooting Tuesday night.

Hawaii Island police were searching for Isaiah Kaleo Jiaan Fourshey, 28, of Mountain View, following a shooting that killed a 25-year-old woman in Puna Tuesday morning.

Police said Fourshey was considered to be armed and dangerous.

Around 6 p.m., an officer-involved shooting involving Forshey took place near the Namakanipaio Campground off Highway 11 in Volcano, officers said.

Authorities said that Fourshey was taken to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center where he died at around 8 p.m.

Officials said that neither police personnel, National Park Service rangers, or bystanders were injured.

A portion of Highway 11 was closed at the campground during the incident and has since reopened, police said.

Hawaii police said that it has initiated a critical incident review, and two personnel with the department have been placed on administrative leave.

The investigation is ongoing.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has primary jurisdiction and has taken over the investigation since the incident took place within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Questions about the investigation should be directed to Honolulu_FBI_PAO@fbi.gov.

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