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Puna Man Shot 04/23/00

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION
LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO
PHONE: 961-2252
APRIL 23, 2000
G-26680

MEDIA RELEASE

A 38-year-old Puna man underwent surgery Sunday (April 23, 2000) at the Hilo Medical Center for a gunshot wound in his lower left leg.

The victim, identified as Scott Furtado of an Orchidland Estates address, arrived at the Keaau Fire Station at 11:20 a.m. and told firefighters there that he had been shot earlier in the morning. Fire rescue personnel took him to the hospital for treatment.

Furtado later told police he was in a wooded area of the Orchidland Estates subdivision when he was shot by another man.

Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives are continuing an investigation into the case.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 935-3311.

Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. The numbers are answered 24 hours a day. Callers will be given a coded number and their identity will remain anonymous. Callers may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000 if their call leads to an arrest, indictment or the recovery of property. Crime Stoppers neither subscribes to “Caller ID,” nor does it record phone calls.

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