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A 28-year-old North Kohala woman was arrested Monday after Hawaii island police said she fired gunshots when her property owner tried to evict her and her husband.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening in connection with the shooting.
At about 9:45 a.m. Monday, patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot on a property in the 55-3500 block of Alaalae Road in Hawi.
Police said the woman and her husband, 27, became combative when the owner, a 65-year-old man, attempted to evict them. When the owner left the area, the woman allegedly fired a single shot.
No injuries were reported.
Police responded and arrested the woman’s husband on suspicion of second-degree terroristic threatening.
The woman shut herself inside a parked vehicle and refused to exit while alluding that she had a firearm, police said.
Officers shut down Alaalae Road and the Hawaii Police Department’s Special Response Team, including crisis negotiators, responded.
Police said the suspect fired two additional gunshots, one of which struck the response team’s armored vehicle.
Just after 5:10 p.m., the woman surrendered to police.
Detectives executed a search warrant on the vehicle the woman had been in and recovered a shotgun, rifle, semi-automatic handgun, spent ammunition casings and numerous rounds of unspent ammunition.
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