Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigation Division
Area II Operations
Lieutenant Roylen Valera
Phone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 230
Report No.: 19-049336
Media Release
Big Island police have located a suspect wanted for questioning in an attempted murder investigation.
On Monday (June 24), just after 7:00 pm, the Area II Special Enforcement Unit with the assistance of South Kohala Patrol officers, located and arrested twenty-one year-old Jerome Kahoalii-Heath of Kailua-Kona. He was taken into custody without incident.
Police asked the public for help with locating the Kona man. According to Lieutenant Roylen Valera of the Area II Criminal Investigations Division, police received numerous calls and located Kahoalii-Heath. “We are grateful for the public’s assistance,” Valera said.
Those who may have information regarding the Mana Road shooting incident may contact Detective Corina McLellan of the Area II Criminal Investigation Section, at (808) 326-4646, extension 227, or via email at corina.mclellan@hawaiicounty.gov.
