Felony charges mount for man, 18

This is an old article that was posted on November 7, 2008 by The Honolulu Advertiser but has been on my mind. There was a 18 year old-man who was arrested for two shootings that were earlier this year which left the victims permanently paralyzed, also in July the man also assaulted, which left the victim's face permanently disfigured where he used a broken beer bottle.
The 18 year old Nicholas Nichols was indicted for more than one felony charges which included an attempted murder from a home invasion in Aliamanu.  This event was on the news where a group of hooded men barged into the home and shot 19 year old Timothy Lapitan, which caused him to be paralyzed from the waist down.  The other shooting occurred when Nichols followed a rival gang member of the "Bracatas" in a car and the passenger of Nichols vehicle shot the other car hitting 16 year old Roger Curioso which paralyzed him from the chest down.  The other case in which Nichols is involved in is an assault case, where victim 19 year old Rudy Tabios was struck by a broken beer bottle.  According to the HPD Nichols and his friends were hanging out drinking beer at a park and kicked Tabios' friend then Tabios grabbed a bat to help his friend out.  Nichols threw the broken beer bottle and hit him in the face where Nichols grabbed the bat and started beating Tabios with it.  Apparently Tabios and Nichols were involved with same girlfriend with on and off relationships.

What is our world coming to?  This is just crazy a bunch of crazy kids running the streets with guns playing cowboys and indians...well not really but what would pursue a person to barge into a house and shoot someone.  You hear on the news of these type of incidents occurring in areas such as Los Angeles, not so much in Hawaii, some Paradise right?  I am only 19 and this guy is younger than me, and he was out there doing all of these type of things.  According to the article from The Honolulu Advertiser Nichols is at O'ahu Community Correctional Center who is unable to post his $500,000 bail.