Police said a 68-year-old Hilo man was shooting at a dog Tuesday afternoon in Hawaiian Acres when one of the bullets struck the window of a passing van. Police said a 68-year-old Hilo man was shooting at a dog Tuesday
Police said a 68-year-old Hilo man was shooting at a dog Tuesday afternoon in Hawaiian Acres when one of the bullets struck the window of a passing van.
Victor Kwock Chung Chun was charged with first-degree reckless endangering, permit to acquire firearms, second-degree commercial promotion of marijuana, second-degree promotion of a detrimental drug, two counts of first-degree promotion of a detrimental drug and three counts of possessing drug paraphernalia.
According to police reports, a Volcano man and five family members were driving on Road 10 when they heard something that sounded like a gunshot and something struck his vehicle. He discovered that a window on the van was shattered, and he immediately drove away and called police.
Puna officers arrested Chun, who had been shooting at a dog he suspected of killing chickens at a home on Road 10 when the van passed into the line of fire. No one was injured in the shooting.
Another man, Ivan Okada, 47, of Kurtistown, was also arrested by released pending further investigation.
Police recovered a firearm while executing a search warrant at the house.
