The 72-year-old man who reported shooting a 56-year-old man in a Kapoho subdivision earlier this week was released pending further investigation, Hawaii County police reported.

The suspect was arrested in the Kapoho Beach lots subdivision on suspicion of second-degree murder Wednesday and had been held at the Hilo police cellblock.

The medical examiner determined that the victim, 56-year-old Bryan Lynn Thomas of Kapoho, died of gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest.

Police ask anyone with any information about the shooting, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, to call the police department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311, or contact Detective Dean Uyetake at 961-2379 or dean.uyetake@hawaiicounty.gov.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300.