Hawai`i Police Department
South Hilo Patrol
Sergeant Kayla Makino-Kahuli
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report No. 22-061441
Media Release
On Friday, July 15, 2022 at about 9:29 a.m., Hilo Patrol officers responded to a telephone report of a bomb left within a classroom on the Hawai’i Community College (HCC), Manono Campus. A systematic search of the college found no unauthorized persons, devices or explosives on campus. Police also conducted a precautionary search at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Kawili Street Campus, where no unauthorized persons, devices or explosives were found.
Police have initiated a terroristic threatening case as a result of the threat and the investigation is being continued by detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section.
Police ask that anyone with information regarding this threat call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.