Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning in South Kohala.  On the morning of June 08, 2021, officers responded to a report that an unresponsive man was pulled out of the waters at the Pentagon mooring located off of Anaehoʻomalu Bay.

After receiving a 9-1-1 call from a charter snorkeling boat, Hawai’i Fire Department medics performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation before transporting the victim to the Queens North Hawai’i Community Hospital. The unresponsive man, identified as 68-year-old Harry Wakefield of Alabama, was pronounced dead.

Police have begun a coroner’s inquest investigation and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.