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MEDIA RELEASE Kamanaokaaina “Mana” NakookaMalia K. Konanui Hawaiʻi Island Police have charged a 31-year-old Puna man with an array of offenses in connection with an early evening (October 7) shooting at a residence in Hawaiian Paradise Park. On Thursday morning (October 10) after conferring with the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Kamanaokaaina K. Nakooka was […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kamanaokaaina “Mana” Nakooka Hawaiʻi Island Police have arrested a 31-year-old Puna man in connection with an early evening shooting on Monday (October 7) at a residence in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Kamanaokaaina “Mana” Nakooka, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon (October 8) on a vacant lot on 18th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Detectives from the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred in South Kona on Sunday night. At about 10:20 p.m. Sunday (April 21), Kona patrol officers responded to Rock Bottom Road in Honaunau, where a 42-year-old male party had sustained a single non-life threatening gunshot wound. Police learned that a confrontation occurred between […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Detectives are continuing to investigate a shooting that left a 35-year-old Hilo woman hospitalized. 41-year-old Corey Napoleon, of Hilo remains in police custody following his arrest for suspicion of attempted second-degree murder. Detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section and Criminal Investigation Section continue to investigate. The victim’s condition has since been […]

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Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon, March 28, 2019, in Hilo. At about 1:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to the upper Kaiwiki Road area after receiving reports of shots fired at a location in a residential area. Responding officers located a 35-year-old female outside of the residence with a gunshot […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Walter Gomes III Hawaiʻi Island Police are continuing their investigation into an assault which occurred in Kailua-Kona on Wednesday, (March 20), where an adult woman sustained a single gun-shot wound. Investigators, acting on a combination of leads and community tips, focused their efforts in the North Kohala District mid-day, Thursday, (March 21). The […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating a shooting in Puna on Monday morning, (March 18), that left one man dead. At about 12:30 a.m., patrol officers responded to the Fern Acres subdivision after receiving a report of a man with a gunshot wound lying on the driveway of a Plumeria Street residence. Officers arriving […]

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This morning, (December 11), at approximately 7:45 am, Puna District Police Officers stopped to check on a car parked with its hazard lights activated on the shoulder of Kahakai Boulevard near the intersection with Kikoʻu Street. An officer made contact with a female and lone occupant of the vehicle and subsequently determined she had an […]

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Hawaiʻi Island Police have identified the man shot and killed in the officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday, (November 27), as 42-year-old Bert E. Mercado of Hawaiian Beaches. An autopsy has been scheduled for Friday, (November 30), to determine the exact cause of his death.

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 5:15 p.m. Tuesday (November 27) in Puna. Officers responded to the report of a 42-year-old man who had stabbed himself with a knife at a home on Kahakai Boulevard, in Hawaiian Beaches. Upon their arrival, they were confronted with an adult male next […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a shooting reported Tuesday afternoon (November 20), occurring in Glenwood on Highway 11 near the intersection with North and South Glenwood roads. At approximately 3:50 p.m., police received multiple reports afrom passing motorists, in the Glenwood area, to have heard about 20 gunshots and 5-6 people walking onto a property […]

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At the direction of the President of the United States, Gov. David Ige has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawai‘i state flag will be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol and upon all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawai‘i National Guard in the State of Hawai‘i, until sunset […]

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Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 36-year-old Puna man wanted in connection with a shooting incident on, (September 1), in Mt. View. On, (September 2), at about 9:30 a.m., patrol officers received a report of the shooting which had occurred the day before. The suspect was said to have […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are continuing the investigation into individuals who may have provided assistance to Justin Waiki while on the run after he shot and killed Officer Bronson Kaliloa, (July 17), on Highway 11 in Mt. View. Sought at this time are 31-year-old Joey Ikaka Camacho (no known address), 47-year-old Shaun Candaroma of Hilo, 26-year-old […]

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