Posted on: Tuesday, September 7, 2004

POLICE BEAT
Woman wounded in Big Isle shooting

Advertiser Staff

A 21-year-old Big Island woman was wounded in her back when shots were fired early yesterday morning in the parking lot of Lulu's nightclub in Kailua, Kona, police said.

The Honomu woman was taken to Kona Community Hospital. Her condition was not disclosed.

Other people in the parking lot subdued a 21-year-old Kailua, Kona, man holding a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, police said. He was arrested for investigation of two counts of reckless endangering and one count of a firearms offense.

Police responded to the sound of gunshots at Coconut Grove Marketplace at 1:48 a.m. Police said the victim and the suspect did not know each other.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Kona police investigators at 326-4646, ext. 262.

Boy, woman hurt in fiery car crash

A boy and a woman were in critical condition last night following a two-vehicle car crash on the Big Island that sparked a fire that burned more than 50 acres of brush.

The woman was taken by helicopter to Kona Hospital, while the boy was flown to North Hawai'i Hospital.

Fire Battalion Chief Curtis Matsui didn't know the details of the crash. "All we know is that one vehicle left the roadway and caught fire," he said.

Matsui said at least four people — two adults and two juveniles — were in the two vehicles. The crash was reported at 1:30 p.m. in the Waikoloa Village area on the north side of Highway 190.