Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section – Area II
Lieutenant Edwin Buyten
Phone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 266
Report No.: 21-041921
Media Release
Hawai’i Island Police has identified the person who died in Tuesday’s (May 25, 2021) “End of the World” shooting, as 46-year-old Joey Richmond of Kailua-Kona.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, police responded to a report of an unresponsive male party lying on the ground at Keauhou Kainaliu Beach Road, commonly known as “End of the World”.
Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigation Section responded and are continuing the investigation, which has been classified as second degree murder.
An autopsy conducted on May 26, 2021, show that Richmond died from multiple gunshots wounds to the body, and that manner of death is homicide.
Police ask that anyone who may have information regarding the incident to call Detective Kimmerlyn Makuakane-Jarrell at (808) 326-4646, ext. 262, via email at Kimmerlyn.Makuakane-Jarrell@hawaiicounty.gov or the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.
