Police are looking for witnesses to a reported gun incident midday Tuesday in Hilo. ADVERTISING Police are looking for witnesses to a reported gun incident midday Tuesday in Hilo. At 11:55 a.m., police received a report that a man in
Police are looking for witnesses to a reported gun incident midday Tuesday in Hilo.
At 11:55 a.m., police received a report that a man in a white GMC pickup truck pointed what appeared to be a handgun at a 66-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman in a gray Isuzu Trooper sport-utility vehicle while both vehicles were southbound on Kanoelehua Avenue at the intersection of Kekuanaoa Street.
Police arrested a suspect, 35-year-old John Lewis Kahana IV of Hilo, about 25 minutes later at his Noelani Loop home. Kahana was booked on suspicion of terroristic threatening while detectives continue to investigate.
Anyone who witnessed the encounter is asked to call the police non-emergency line at 935-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.
