Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday in Hilo.
Officers responded to upper Kaiwiki Road after receiving reports of shots fired in a residential area at around 1:30 p.m. Outside one of the residences, they located a 35-year-old woman with a gunshot wound, police said.
Police arrested a 41-year-old Hilo man at around 2 p.m. on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder. He remains in custody as police continue their investigation.
The victim was taken in critical condition to the Hilo Medical Center.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Matthew Kaaihue at 961-8883 or matthew.kaaihue@hawaiicounty.gov, or call the Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311.
Rat lungworm case confirmed
A second person has contracted rat lungworm disease this year on Hawaii island.
The state Health Department confirmed the infection in an adult living in North Hawaii. Rat lungworm, or angiostrongyliasis, a potentially crippling illness that can cause severe headaches and stiffness in the neck, can sometimes lead to neurological problems, severe pain and long-term disability.
The individual was hospitalized after becoming ill in January but has since recovered, the DOH said.
The exact source of infection could not be determined, but health officials said the Big Island resident likely consumed a slug or snail by accident while eating produce from a home garden.
Health officials recently announced that a tourist vacationing in North Hawaii became ill in late December and was diagnosed with the disease after returning to the mainland, bringing the statewide total to nine confirmed cases in 2018.
State health officials are meeting with the North Hawaii community next month to provide information about rat lungworm and how residents can protect themselves.
