Woman found with gunshot wound to head on Big Isle
Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old woman who sustained a gunshot wound to the head on Hawaii island Monday.
Positive identification is pending.
She was medevaced to a hospital on Oahu where she was pronounced dead shortly after 9 p.m.
Honolulu police, who had information on the case because she was medevaced to Honolulu, said the victim was found outside of a suspected drug house with suspicious injuries Monday night.
Police did not release the location of the house.
Officers did not find a firearm at the scene. Hawaii island police provided no further details on the case.
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Correction: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect date and time of the victim’s death.