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Man critical after shot in neck
A 35-year-old man was in critical condition last night after he was shot in the neck at a West Loch Fairways home in 'Ewa.
Details of the shooting were not available last night. But police said the shooting occurred shortly after 7 p.m. at 91-1109 Hamana St.
The man was taken to St. Francis-West Hospital and later flown by medevac helicopter to The Queen's Medical Center.
Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting, but more information on the man was not available last night.
Police seek clues to stolen ATVs
Big Island police are seeking information about the theft of two all-terrain vehicles Aug. 4 or 5 at the Kea'au construction site of the new Kamehameha Schools campus.
The red 1986 Honda ATVs disappeared between 4:30 p.m. Aug. 4 and 6:20 a.m. Aug. 5, police said. Call officer Sherwin Taka of the Puna Patrol, (808) 966-5385, or the police nonemergency number, (808) 935-3311. Anonymous tips are being taken by CrimeStoppers, (808) 961-8300 in Hilo and (808) 329-8181 in Kona.
Attempted murder in Ka'a'awa probed
Detectives are investigating an attempted murder Tuesday night in Ka'a'awa in which a 26-year-old man is accused of firing a sawed-off shotgun at his cousin, who escaped injury.
The man who was fired at, also 26, told police he was fishing with friends opposite Mahie Point, also known as Crouching Lion, at 10:45 p.m. The suspect allegedly drove up and almost struck the victim's girlfriend before stopping, police said. An argument began and the gunman fired once and missed, police said.
Suspect in cop-car theft goes to court
An O'ahu man accused of stealing a police officer's Dodge Durango after an Aug. 6 traffic stop in Whitmore Village and then trying to run down the officer made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday on charges of auto theft, assault, escape and terroristic threatening.
Although the case was initially classified as an attempted murder because Ronald Lewis Medeiros, 35, allegedly tried to run over police officer Edson Duncan after taking Duncan's sport utility vehicle, he was not charged with that offense.
Bail for Medeiros was set at $100,000. He was captured by police at a Palolo apartment after a weeklong manhunt.
