Updated at 2:27 p.m., Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tips sought in assault of Big Island teen on Halloween
Advertiser Staff
Hawaii County police are looking for witnesses to an assault in Kealakekua on Halloween.Three teenage boys were shooting paintballs at the scenic park located at the bottom of Haleki'i Street around 8:25 p.m. on Oct. 31. Youths complained and the teenager with the paintball gun left the area but his two friends remained.
One of them, a 17-year-old Hawaiian Ocean View Estates boy, was struck in the face by an unknown assailant and knocked to the ground. He suffered a broken jaw.
Police are asking any witnesses to the assault to call Officer David Matsushima at 808-326-4646, ext. 253, or the Police Department's nonemergency number at 808-935-3311.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call 808-961-8300 in Hilo or 808-329-8181 in Kona. All CrimeStoppers information is kept confidential.