A Kaʻu man died Monday after police responded to a report of a shooting.
A Kaʻu man died Monday after police responded to a report of a shooting.
He has been identified as 46-year-old Jonathan Watson of Ocean View.
At 9:51 a.m. Monday, Police received a 9-1-1 call from a man who said he had been shot. When officers arrived at a home on the 92-2600 block of Hukilau Drive in Ocean View, a man with a bandage on his left leg came out of the house in an aggressive manner and began fighting with the officers. The officers took him into custody.
While some of the officers went into the house to check for possible suspects or victims, Watson tried to kick the officers who were with him, and then he became unresponsive.
Police attempted CPR until Fire Department personnel arrived a few minutes later and took over unsuccessful efforts to revive him. Watson was later taken to Kona Community Hospital, where he was officially pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m.
The case is classified as a coroner’s inquest and an autopsy has been ordered.
As is standard practice when someone dies while in police custody, the Kona Criminal Investigations Section will conduct an investigation into the death and the circumstances leading to it, and the Office of Professional Standards, the department’s Internal Affairs unit will conduct an administrative investigation.