A 44-year-old Ocean View man has been arrested and charged with numerous offenses, including attempted murder.
Dorson Buddy Behrendt of Ocean View was charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree robbery and carrying and/or using a firearm in the commission of a separate felony for allegedly shooting a man on Sunday, Oct. 15, in Ocean View.
At 8:50 p.m. that night, Ka‘u patrol officers were dispatched to the area of Aloha Boulevard and Paradise Parkway in the Hawaii Ocean View Estates subdivision regarding a report of a male in need of medical assistance after possibly being assaulted.
Arriving on scene, officers found the victim, believed to be a 53-year-old Ocean View man, with severe facial injuries lying on the ground near a gold Toyota van.
Due to the severity of his injuries, police were unable to ask the victim how he had been injured.
The victim was transported to the Kona Community Hospital with life-threatening injuries where it was determined that he had sustained a gunshot wound to his facial area. He was subsequently transferred to The Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu, where he remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Behrendt’s bail was set at $350,000, and his initial court hearing is scheduled for today in Kona District Court.
Police ask anyone who may have information regarding this incident to contact Detective Donovan Kohara of the Area II Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 960-3118, via email at mailto:Donovan.kohara@hawaiicounty.gov, or the police department’s nonemergency line at (808) 935-3311.