In one of three Facebook Live videos Robert Morris recorded during his 16-hour standoff with law enforcement officers earlier this week, the convicted drug dealer acknowledged that he could be facing 20 years or more in prison if he surrendered.  

He was right about that. 

Morris was charged Thursday with multiple crimes, including assaulting a law enforcement officer. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaiʻi Ken Sorenson said in a statement that Morris could be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

The long and unusual saga started at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday when task federal Drug Enforcement Administration task force members tried to execute a search warrant at Morris’ home on Herbert Street in the Kapahulu neighborhood of Honolulu.

Before officers could enter the house, Morris fired multiple shots from inside, striking and injuring a task force agent, according to a press release from Sorenson’s office.

Officers fired back, and Morris refused to exit the home. He proceeded to barricade himself inside while broadcasting on Facebook Live, the release says.

He surrendered at around 1 a.m. the next morning. A release from the DEA said two individuals exited the home and surrendered. His wife, Annette Morris, told Civil Beat Wednesday that she had been in the house with him the whole time.

His arraignment on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Hawaiʻi was postponed to Monday because he was sick in the hospital, according to his defense attorney, Jacquelyn Esser.

After Morris surrendered, officers found a .40 caliber Taurus gun — a type of pistol — inside the home, as well as 45 rounds of ammunition, according to a criminal complaint.

The investigating agent noted Taurus firearms are not manufactured in the state. Taurus is based in Georgia, according to the company’s website.

“Accordingly, there is probable cause to believe this Taurus firearm traveled in and affected interstate commerce before reaching Hawaiʻi,” the complaint says.

Morris is charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, using a firearm in a crime of violence and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

Using a firearm in a crime of violence carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and a maximum of life, according to Sorenson’s office. Morris could face a maximum sentence of 20 years for assaulting an officer and 15 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The sentences would run consecutively.

Morris was convicted in 2009 of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, possession of an unregistered silencer and having a firearm and ammunition as a felon.

As he streamed live from his kitchen Tuesday, Morris talked about shooting at police, said he sold drugs, played music with anti-police lyrics and asked for his family to be flown over from Kauaʻi so he could hug his mother before being sent to prison.

Residents of the neighborhood were evacuated and directed to a gathering place at Pākī Hale staffed by the Red Cross.

Civil Beat Reporter Caitlin Thompson contributed to this report.