Hawaii island police arrested a 22-year-old Hilo man in connection with a robbery this morning at a downtown business in Hilo.

At 3:59 a.m., police were called to a store in the 500 block of Kilauea Avenue after a man took two bottles of liquor from the shelf, then shoved an employee into a sales rack and ran out of the business. The suspect was seen getting into the passenger seat of a dark-colored SUV that fled Puna-bound on Kilauea.

The victim, a 61-year-old man, was not seriously injured.

Police arrested Makali’i Kahumoku-Jose near the Mooheau Bus Terminal in Hilo at 9 a.m. and took him to the cellblock. He was later charged with one count of second-degree robbery and third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug. He remained in police custody this afternoon in lieu of $26,000 bail and was scheduled to make his initial appearance Tuesday afternoon in South Hilo District Court.

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Aaron Carvalho 961-2272 or email him.