Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigation Section are investigating a shooting that recently occurred in Kailua-Kona. Yesterday, a Kona patrol officer was flagged down by a 35-year-old Kamuela man who reported that he and another male victim had been shot at by a male suspect while seated in their parked vehicle. The victim also reported that the shooter was accompanied by other suspects who were reportedly operating gray-colored and black-colored Honda sedans. After receiving this information, officers conducted area checks and located the responsible individual who was taken into police custody without incident and remains at the Kealakehe Police Station pending further investigation by detectives with the Area II Criminal Investigation Section.
Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this incident, which appears to be isolated, to contact the Hawaii Police Department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311 or Area II Criminal Investigation Section Detective Joshua Pa, via email at Joshua.Pa@hawaiicounty.gov or at (808) 326-4646, ext. 228.