Kona Community Hospital is reportedly under a lockdown status. Early reports indicated an individual, reportedly armed, was on site, threatening hospital staff. Police have been dispatched; calls went out shortly after 9:30 a.m. A reporter on scene at 10:15 a.m. said the hospital confirmed a lockdown situation, however the hospital is still apparently allowing people in and out of the hospital through controlled access points.
Kona Community Hospital is reportedly under a lockdown status. Early reports indicated an individual, reportedly armed, was on site, threatening hospital staff. Police have been dispatched; calls went out shortly after 9:30 a.m. A reporter on scene at 10:15 a.m. said the hospital confirmed a lockdown situation, however the hospital is still apparently allowing people in and out of the hospital through controlled access points.
Hospital officials would only confirm the lockdown and said an investigation is underway, declining to provide additional details. Two Hawaii County Police Department patrol cars are present.