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Hawaii island police are investigating a shooting incident and structure fire at a Puna residence on Tuesday evening.
At 7:03 p.m., police and fire department personnel responded to a report of a house fire on Rainbow Drive in the Ainaloa Subdivision. The resident, a 35-year-old man, told police that when he returned home, an unidentified intruder inside shot at him before fleeing on foot. Shortly thereafter, the victim heard an explosion outside of the house that set the structure on fire.
Fire department personnel extinguished the flames and determined that there were no casualties inside. The male victim was not injured.
The cause of the fire and events leading up to this incident remain under investigation as an attempted murder.
Potential witnesses and anyone with information are asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Tuckloy Aurello of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2385 or Tuckloy.Aurello@hawaiicounty.gov.
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