Big Island police have arrested 30-year-old William Lawrence of Kailua-Kona with various firearm offenses stemming from an incident that occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday at an apartment complex in Kealakehe.
Big Island police have arrested 30-year-old William Lawrence of Kailua-Kona with various firearm offenses stemming from an incident that occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday at an apartment complex in Kealakehe.
Kona Patrol officers responded to a 12:38 a.m. call about a weapons incident in which it was reported that an individual was shooting a firearm in the parking lot of a Kailua-Kona apartment complex in the 74-900 block of Manawalea Street. The Hawaii Police Department officers determined that Lawrence got into a heated verbal argument with a 23-year-old man and subsequently discharged one round from a shotgun. He also pointed the weapon at a 34-year-old man.
Officers arrested Lawrence without incident and no one was injured during the situation. Investigators later recovered the firearm used in this incident.
Lawrence was later charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, first-degree reckless endangering, place to keep firearms, and ownership prohibited. Bail was set $55,000 and he remains in police custody pending his initial court appearance Thursday.
Anyone with information should contact Detective Tyler Prokopec at (808) 326-4646, ext. 224, or via email at tyler.prokopec@hawaiicounty.gov.
