A Waikoloa man is being charged with 15 offenses for an early-morning affray Monday in Waikoloa that sent two men to the hospital. ADVERTISING A Waikoloa man is being charged with 15 offenses for an early-morning affray Monday in Waikoloa
A Waikoloa man is being charged with 15 offenses for an early-morning affray Monday in Waikoloa that sent two men to the hospital.
A Waikoloa man is being charged with 15 offenses for an early-morning affray Monday in Waikoloa that sent two men to the hospital.
Police charged 20-year-old Gary Morrison with domestic abuse, first-degree terroristic threatening, reckless endangering, disorderly conduct, possessing a butterfly knife, two counts of second-degree assault and eight firearms offenses.
Morrison’s bail was set at $22,750 and his initial court appearance was scheduled for Wednesday.
At 5 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a report of a possible domestic abuse incident on Makuakane Street in Waikoloa.
While en route, police received additional reports that a man was threatening a woman with a gun, an affray was in progress involving several persons and someone had been stabbed. When officers arrived, Morrison had been detained by others at the scene, who reported that he was responsible for threatening a woman with a firearm and for stabbing two men with a knife.
A knife was found and Morrison was arrested.
A 21-year-old Hawi man suffered a laceration to his arm and a 22-year-old Waikoloa man suffered a laceration to his leg.
Both men were taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital, where they were treated and released.
