Updated at 7:13 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2007
Man charged in Big Island shooting
Advertiser Staff
Kona detectives have charged a Kailua, Kona man with attempted murder and other charges in connection with a reported shooting Tuesday on Hao Kuni Street in Kailua, Kona.The call came in at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday.
Kona officers said a 66-year-old man was shot at several times during a confrontation near his home. The man was not injured, and the gunman fled the scene.
Later that evening, police took Mark Alan Coburn, 48, of Kailua, Kona into custody. Detectives have charged him with attempted second-degree murder, terroristic threatening, and various firearm counts. Bail was set at $100,000.
Coburn was being held at the Kona police station cellblock pending his initial court appearance.
