Man barricaded in home gives up after wounding 2

A 37-year-old Kapaau man who remained barricaded in his North Kohala home for more than 20 hours after allegedly shooting his girlfriend and a Hawaii County police officer Monday night, surrendered to police Tuesday afternoon.

Police arrested the man at 4:26 p.m. on multiple offenses. He was taken to the North Kohala police station for booking.

The officer and the woman who sustained gunshot wounds were taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital for treatment following the 7:48 p.m. Monday incident at a home on the 53-4200 block of Akoni Pule Highway in Halaula, just outside of Hawi. Both were in stable condition Tuesday.

The wounded 43-year-old officer is a 14-year veteran with the Hawaii Police Department. He was struck in the arm, police said. The 32-year-old woman was shot in her thigh.

Patrol officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance Monday night after neighbors reported yelling and screaming coming from the residence.

Several people were seen running from the house as officers approached from the driveway.

After the Hawaii Police Department’s Special Response Team converged on the scene, the man fired a shot at police, striking one officer in his right forearm.

A woman from the house approached the officers and said she had been shot in her outer thigh by her boyfriend.

Residents were evacuated as a precaution. Before his surrender, the male suspect was believed to be the only person remaining in the house.