Big Island police Tuesday identified the man shot to death Monday at his residence in the Aloha Estates subdivision of Puna.
Big Island police Tuesday identified the man shot to death Monday at his residence in the Aloha Estates subdivision of Puna.
Shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, Puna patrol officers responded to a residence on Nau Nani Road in Volcano after receiving a report of a male shooting victim. Upon arrival, police found a deceased male lying on the ground in his yard.
The victim was identified Tuesday as 59-year-old Jay Allen Freeman, of Volcano.
The suspect, later identified as 32-year-old Daris Paul Pacheco was taken into custody at his nearby residence without incident at approximately 3:15 p.m.
An autopsy was performed Tuesday morning and concluded Freeman died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
Detectives with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing this second-degree murder investigation.
Anyone who may have been in the area and witnessed this incident or has information should call the department’s nonemergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Detective Casey Cabral at (808) 961-2381 or casey.cabral@hawaiicounty.gov.
