Hawaii County police are investigating a drive-by shooting incident that occurred early this morning in the Hilo area.
Police said a 23-year-old Keaau man reported shortly after midnight that occupants of a late-model, white four-door sedan were shooting at a black Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, in which he was riding, in the upper Kaumana Drive area.
Responding officers spotted the white car traveling east on the Puainako Avenue extension and tried to stop it, but the car did not stop. Officers halted the pursuit because of hazardous conditions, police said.
The truck sustained damage from the gunshots and was eventually disabled. Detectives have recovered the truck for evidence processing.
None of the truck’s three occupants sustained any injuries in the incident, which is being classified as a first-degree attempted murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder.
Police also initiated a case of resisting an order to stop. In addition, upon finding that a house in a Gentry Homes subdivision had been hit by an apparent errant bullet, police opened a separate case classified as first-degree reckless endangering.
An all-points bulletin was issued for a white 1995 Toyota Avalon sedan, with license plate HWM 818.
Police advise anyone spotting the car to refrain from approaching it. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Dean Uyetake at 961-2379 or dean.uyetake@hawaiicounty.gov or Detective Sandor Finkey at 961-2384 or sandor.finkey@hawaiicounty.gov. Anonymous tipsters may call CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.
Man arrested in alleged attack in Waikiki
Honolulu police arrested a 47-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a 35-year-old man with a dangerous instrument in Waikiki on Monday.
The alleged assault happened shortly before 7 p.m., police said. The suspect fled, but police located and arrested the Waikiki man at about 7:17 p.m. near the intersection of Royal Hawaiian and Kuhio avenues on suspicion of second-degree assault and criminal property damage.
Police did not say what kind of weapon was involved in the incident or if the victim was seriously injured.
Incident on Christmas Eve leads to arrest
Police arrested a suspect in a Christmas Eve assault case that left a 19-year-old man with a concussion.
Police said the suspect, a 31-year-old Kalihi man, punched the victim in the head at about 7 p.m. Thursday in the Salt Lake area. Officers arrested the suspect at about 11 a.m. Monday at the Kalihi Police Station on suspicion of second-degree assault. The suspect was later released, pending further investigation.
