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Hilo man charged for firing gun in apartment parking lot

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
                                Bronson Lee Kaleolani Oili, 32, of Hilo

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Bronson Lee Kaleolani Oili, 32, of Hilo

Hawaii island police have charged a 32-year-old Hilo man with firearms-related charges following a shooting incident at an apartment complex parking lot last week.

Police detectives on Tuesday charged Bronson Lee Kaleolani Oili with first-degree reckless endangering, ownership or possession of a prohibited firearm and carrying or possession of a loaded firearm on a highway.

On Sept. 11, Oili was involved in an altercation with another man when he discharged a firearm in the parking lot of a Waianuenue Avenue apartment complex, police said. No injuries were reported.

Oili’s total bail was set at $60,000.

Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact Detective Keith Simeona of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2272 or keith.simeona@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.

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