Hawai‘i Island police charged 44-year-old Ronald Patrick Keahonui Kahihikolo of Ocean View with a number of offenses including attempted murder, abuse of a family member, car theft, and firearms charges following his arrest on Saturday, March 11. A wanted fugitive with numerous outstanding bench warrants, Kahihikolo had been the subject of a five-day manhunt after police initiated an attempted murder investigation following an Ocean View domestic disturbance shooting on Tuesday March 7.Hawai‘i Island police also charged 26-year-old Jacqueline Keana‘aina, of Kailua-Kona, with criminal felony and misdemeanor offenses following Friday’s Kona officer-involved-shooting. After conferring with the County Prosecutor’s Office, Kahihikolo was charged with:
- second-degree attempted murder
- abuse of a family/household member
- ownership/possession of a firearm prohibited
- carrying a firearm in the commission of a separate felony
- unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle
- first-degree theft
- resisting an order to stop
- contempt of court
- two counts of violations of conditions of release on bail, recognizance, or supervised release
- two counts of discharge of sureties
Kahihikolo’s bail was set at $263,000. He remains in police custody awaiting his initial Hilo District appearance this morning.Keana‘aina was charged with:
- first-degree resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle
- unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle
- two counts of ownership/possession of a firearm prohibited
- ownership/possession of ammunition prohibited
- place to keep loaded firearms other than pistols and revolvers
- place to keep unloaded firearms other than pistols and revolvers
- carrying a firearm in the commission of a separate felony
- carrying or possessing a loaded firearm on a public highway
- eight counts of unauthorized possession of confidential personal information
- revocation of probation
- discharge of sureties
Keana‘aina was also charged with first-degree attempted burglary stemming from an attempted residential break-in on Sunday, February 26, on Tiki Lane in Ocean View. Kahele-Bishop was a person of interest in that investigation. Her bail was set at $323,000. She remains in police custody at the Kealakehe Police Station pending her initial Kona District Court appearance this morning.
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