Hawaii - Puhi Bay Shooting
By admin • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: NewsDISCLAIMER - Any Charges Reported in these Press Releases are Merely Accusations and the Defendants are Presumed Innocent Unless and Until Proven Guilty.
Hawaii Police Department detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 33-year-old man at Puhi Bay in Hilo.
On Sunday (October 5) at 9:07 a.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a fight and gunshots. They found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. He was identified as Cameron Mauga of Hilo.
Shortly after the shooting, police arrested a 31-year-old man on Kauhane Street. He remains in police custody.
Hilo detectives are continuing the investigation into this incident, which has been classified as a second-degree murder.
Police ask anyone with information about this case to call Detective Norbert Serrao at 961-2383 or the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
Hawaii Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua
Phone: 961-2252
October 5, 2008
Report No. C08030151
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