Service technician Byran Koji Uyesugi shot at eight people, wounding seven fatally (six co-workers and his supervisor).

He held a standoff with police that lasted for five hours, during which he brandished a pistol, read magazines and smoked cigarettes.

Adding to the tension of the standoff, the Hawaii Nature Center was hosting thirty-five local school children, who were trapped inside without food or water.

According to his brother Dennis, Uyesugi crashed their father's car and hit his head on the windshield shortly after graduating high school in 1977; he was never the same afterwards.

[6][7][8] After being transferred to another workgroup, Uyesugi began making unfounded accusations of harassment and product tampering against fellow repairmen.

Former co-workers who knew him reported the other members of his team allegedly ostracized him, making him feel isolated and withdrawn.

[9] In the period leading up to the shootings, Xerox management had become increasingly committed to phasing out the type of photocopier that Uyesugi serviced.

Uyesugi pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and claimed that he felt like an outcast at work and that he feared his colleagues were conspiring to have him fired.

Dr. Michael Welner testified for the prosecution that although Uyesugi was, in his opinion, legitimately suffering the effects of schizophrenia, he carried out the shooting because he was angry that he would be fired for insubordination and his own account of concealment before the crime demonstrated that his actions were premeditated.

[15] In 2005, Xerox and the hospital that examined Uyesugi settled a civil lawsuit brought by the families of the shooting victims.

This facility was vacant until 2004, when the producers of the TV show Lost built a sound stage there to film indoor scenes.

[18] Dal-Tile currently leases the property from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for its tile and natural stone showroom.