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The investigation is continuing into the most recent shooting that occurred on South Point Road in Kaʻū which resulted in the death of Justin Waiki. The case is being handled by the Area II Criminal Investigation Section. The SRT sergeant shot is recovering nicely at Hilo Medical Center and presently is in stable condition.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are still searching for Justin Waiki for the murder of Officer Bonson K. Kailioa who was fatally shot in Mountain View on Tuesday evening, (July 17), while on duty. Rewards for Justin Waiki’s capture is now at $30,000; $10,000 from the FBI, $10,000 from U.S. Marshalls and $10,000 from Alcohol Tobacco and […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating two officer-involved shooting incidents that occurred Thursday, (July 18), in the areas of Keauhou and Napoopoo Road. At about 4:58 p.m., police received a tip that fugitive Justin Waiki was possibly sighted within a primer-colored Toyota pickup truck with unknown license plates within the parking lot of 75-1015 Henry Street, […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police shot at a suspect during an officer-involved shooting that occurred Wednesday, (June 27), in PanaÊ»ewa. At about 11:35 p.m., police were investigating a suspected stolen vehicle in the area of East Mamaki Street when the Toyota Tacoma and another vehicle fled from them. In the process, the Tacoma drove toward one of […]

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Hawai’i Island police are continuing the investigation of a shooting incident on Painted Church Road in South Kona on Saturday afternoon, (June 23). Responding to a call just before 3:00 p.m., officers confirmed one person dead at the scene. He has since been positively identified as 42-year-old Thomas Ballesteros Jr., with no permanent address. An […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:58 p.m. alarm Saturday (June 23) to the area of 84-5240 Painted Church Road in Honaunau for a dispatch reporting possibly three shooting victims. One victim, a 39-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds, was in a private vehicle being taken to Kona Community Hospital. The driver, a family member of […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged a Pāhoa man in connection with Tuesday afternoon’s shooting incident, (May 29), in the lower Puna area. At 10:30 p.m, Wednesday evening, (May 30), police charged 61-year-old John Hubbard, of Puna, with 2 counts of first-degree reckless endangering, 5 counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, 1 count of first-degree robbery, ownership […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have arrested a Pāhoa man in connection with a Tuesday afternoon shooting incident, (May 29), in the lower Puna area. At 12:21 p.m., police responded to a report of gunshots fired near the intersection of Kahukai and Makamae Streets in the Leilani Estates Subdivision. The victim, a 32-year-old man from Leilani Estates, […]

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Officers gave the suspect verbal commands so they could take him into custody when he got into the stolen truck and drove at a high rate of speed toward two officers who were on the roadway bordered on both sides by thick brush and debris such as used car parts and old tires. The two […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Sunday (May 20), in upper Puna. There were no injuries sustained by the officers or the suspect. At about 8:55 a.m., police were looking for a suspect said to be in possession of a stolen 2002 Toyota Tacoma when they found the truck and a […]

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HawaiÊ»i Police have charged the suspect involved in the shooting incident in Ocean View. This afternoon, at 12:30 p.m., 64-year-old Albert Walter Todd III was charged for one count each of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and Reckless Endangering in the First Degree. His total bail has been set at […]

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Hawai‘i Island police have identified the Pāhoa man who was arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer in Puna. At 7 a.m., Thursday morning (February 22), 65-year-old Albert Pu‘u was taken into custody without incident after the department’s Special Response Team located him in a shed behind his Oio Street residence […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an attempted murder after a police officer was shot in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision in lower Puna. At 10:22 p.m., Wednesday evening, (February 21), officers were called to a reported assault on Oio Street. As officers approached the suspect’s residence, a man at the residence fired a single gunshot at […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police charged two individuals with offenses related to the shooting incident that occurred in the Hawi area of North Kohala on Monday, (January 22). At approximately 9:45 a.m., on Monday, patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot fired on a property located in the 55-3500 block of Alaalae Road in Hawi. […]

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