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Police charge Puna man in road rage shooting

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE

Police charged Beau Dedier, 24, of Puna last night with two counts of first degree reckless endangering, place to keep a firearm on a highway, permit to acquire (a firearm), registration mandatory (of a firearm) and place to keep (ammunition).

Hawaii island police arrested four people in connection with a road rage shooting incident on Tuesday evening, but released three and charged only one.

Police charged 24-year-old Beau Dedier of Puna last night with two counts of first degree reckless endangering, place to keep a firearm on a highway, permit to acquire (a firearm), registration mandatory (of a firearm) and place to keep (ammunition).

On Tuesday evening, police responded to several reports of gunshots on Kanoelehua Avenue near Waianuhea Place in Hilo coming from a moving vehicle that witnesses described as a red-colored sedan. Investigators later learned it was involved in a road rage incident with another vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Police later found the same vehicle at the parking lot of an apartment complex on West Lanikaula Street. The other three arrested were 23-year-old Michael Paoa of Puna, Brandon Kahakua-Victorino, 20, of Hilo, and Chazlyn Yamamoto, 19, of Hilo for suspicion of first-degree reckless endangering.

Dedier continues to be held at the Hilo cellblock in lieu of $15,500 bail pending his initial court appearance in South Hilo District Court this afternoon.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have any other information is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Jesse Kerr at 961-2377 or Jesse.Kerr@hawaiicounty.gov.

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