Police have a 34-year-old Pahoa man suspected of a Thanksgiving night homicide in Hilo in custody.
Police have a 34-year-old Pahoa man suspected of a Thanksgiving night homicide in Hilo in custody.
According to the arrest log, Kalani Lono Kaohimaunu was taken into custody at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Ala Lokelani Street in Kalapana. He was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and had not been charged with the offense as of Sunday morning.
In response to a 10:20 p.m. call Thursday, officers arrived at a home on the 100 block of West Kawailani Street and found an unresponsive man outside the residence with a gunshot wound. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and said a car fled from the scene.
The victim, 39-year-old Keola Penovaroff of Hilo, was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:57 p.m. Thursday.
Police issued a wanted bulletin naming Kaohimaunu, a convicted felon who was released from prison in March after serving a 10-year sentence for terroristic threatening and a firearms offense. The dispatch warned the public that Kaohimaunu was considered “armed and dangerous.”