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Body of woman found in driveway
Police are investigating the death of a woman, 50, whose body was found Tuesday night on Punahou Street.
Police said a man discovered the body, which had been wrapped up in cloth material, on the driveway of a house at 1224 Punahou St. about 8:05 p.m.
Police Crime Reduction Unit members wearing bulletproof vests and carrying rifles were on the scene. No further details were available.
Sky diver seriously injured in accident
A man in his 30s was in critical condition Tuesday after a sky-diving accident near Dillingham Airfield.
Emergency Medical Services officials reported the incident at 11:50 a.m. and said the man landed in a field about 300 yards inland from the airfield.
The sky diver, who had an out-of-state identification, jumped from a Skydive Hawaii airplane, a source said.
Drowning victim was Wahiawa woman
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the woman who apparently drowned Monday at Papailoa Beach in Haleiwa as Ruth Deogracias, 45, of Wahiawa. Her husband is stationed at Fort Shafter.
An autopsy Tuesday determined she died from an accidental drowning. Deogracias was taken to shore by a bystander at about 1:45 p.m., Emergency Medical Services said.
The Army said she was married to a soldier assigned to U.S. Army Pacific at Fort Shafter.
Officer shoots man threatening suicide with rifle
A 31-year-old Kona police officer Monday night shot a man in the shoulder who had threatened to kill himself with a rifle.
Hawaii County police said the shooting involving an eight-year veteran of the police force occurred at 9:08 p.m. on Manu Mele Street in Kailua-Kona.
Police, responding to a report of an attempted suicide at a home in Kailua-Kona, found a 33-year-old man who was standing outside the house holding a rifle. Officers ordered the man to put down the weapon, but he refused to follow their instructions and attempted to use the rifle to harm himself. One officer fired his duty weapon, striking the man in his right shoulder and causing him to drop the rifle.
The man was taken to Kona Community Hospital. He is listed in stable condition. No officers were injured.
As is standard practice in a police-involved shooting, the Area II Criminal Investigations Section will conduct a criminal investigation, and the Office of Professional Standards will conduct an administrative investigation.
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