Murder charge filed in HPP shooting

Police on Sunday charged 31-year-old Vasiliy Viktorovich Trubachev of Keaau,with attempted murder in connection with a Friday morning shooting in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

Trubachev was also charged with use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony.

His bail was set at $1.1 million and he is scheduled to make his initial appearance in Hilo District Court this afternoon.

Shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, Puna patrol officers responded to a disturbance at a 7th Avenue residence. While responding to the scene, officers received information that a man had reportedly been shot during the altercation. Upon arrival, officers learned that a male acquaintance of Trubachev had come to the residence where an altercation ensued. The intruder reportedly threatened several individuals while armed with a knife and a glass bottle, prior to leaving the area on foot.

While investigating at the scene, officers were informed by a passerby, that there was a man on the side of the roadway in the area of 6th Avenue and Makuu Drive, who appeared injured and was bleeding. As officers went to investigate, they located the victim, a 32-year-old man who reported he had been shot multiple times by Trubachev.

Officers immediately began providing first aid to the man until Hawaii Fire Department personnel arrived and transported the victim via ambulance to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center Emergency Room.

As of this time, he remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Trubachev was arrested at the 7th Avenue residence, without incident.

On Saturday afternoon, detectives served a search warrant at the 7th Avenue home, and recovered miscellaneous evidence related to this incident.

Police ask anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact the police department’s nonemergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300.