A 68-year-old Hilo man is facing reckless endangering, firearms and drug-related charges stemming from a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Puna. A 68-year-old Hilo man is facing reckless endangering, firearms and drug-related charges stemming from a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Puna.
A 68-year-old Hilo man is facing reckless endangering, firearms and drug-related charges stemming from a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Puna.
Victor Kwock Chung Chun was charged late Wednesday with first-degree reckless endangering, failure to have a permit to acquire a firearm, second-degree commercial promotion of marijuana, second-degree promoting a detrimental drug, two counts first-degree promoting a detrimental drug and three counts possessing drug paraphernalia, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
According to police, Chun was allegedly shooting at a dog he suspected of killing chickens at a house on Road 10 within the Hawaiian Acres subdivision when a van carrying six people passed into the line of fire. No one was injured in the shooting.
A firearm was located when police executed a search warrant at Chun’s residence, according to police.
A 47-year-old Kurtistown man arrested in connection with the incident was released late Tuesday pending further investigation. West Hawaii Today is not identifying the man because he hasn’t been charged with a crime.
