UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: Police have identified the suspect in a fatal shooting this afternoon as 32-year-old Daris Paul Pacheco of Nau Naui Road.
UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: Police have identified the suspect in a fatal shooting this afternoon as 32-year-old Daris Paul Pacheco of Nau Naui Road.
Pacheco, who was taken into custody at about 4 p.m., was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. He has not been charged. Detectives remain at the scene and are investigating.
According to Lt. Rio Amon-Wilkins of the Hilo Criminal Investigations Section, the victim was a neighbor, whom Amon-Wilkins described as a middle-aged male.
Amon-Wilkins said the victim was shot on the property of his residence and witnesses reportedly saw Pacheco return to his own home carrying a firearm.
The Special Response Team — the police SWAT unit — was called to the scene at about 2 p.m. because the suspect had reportedly barricaded himself inside his home.
Amon-Wilkins said police haven’t, as of yet, recovered a firearm, adding, “we’re in the process of obtaining a search warrant on the property.”
Detectives remain at the scene, Amon-Wilkins said.
Previously:
Police say there was a fatal shooting in Aloha Estates in upper Puna this afternoon.
Police spokeswoman Denise Laitinen said “a male suspect is in custody.” Laitinen said the victim is also male.
This story will be updated.
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