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Amormino charged in Panaewa shooting, other incidents
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by Big Island Video News
on May 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaii: Hawaii County Police have charged 72-year-old Joseph Amormino in connection with a Panaewa shooting on Sunday, and have also charged him in another incident that occurred about twenty minutes before the shooting in Hawaiian Paradise Park. From Big Island police: Joseph Amormino of Hawaiian Beaches was charged at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday (May 15) […]

Joseph Amormino, from HPD

HILO, Hawaii: Hawaii County Police have charged 72-year-old Joseph Amormino in connection with a Panaewa shooting on Sunday, and have also charged him in another incident that occurred about twenty minutes before the shooting in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

From Big Island police:

Joseph Amormino of Hawaiian Beaches was charged at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday (May 15) with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree attempted murder, burglary, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, place to keep ammunition, and two counts of place to keep firearms.

He was also charged with three counts of terroristic threatening for an unrelated incident that occurred about twenty minutes before the shooting. In that case, Amormino allegedly waved a handgun at a 52-year-old Mountain View woman, a 48-year-old Mountain View man and a 14-year-old Mountain View girl after reportedly tailgating their vehicle on Highway 130 near the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision.

Amormino’s bail was set at $656,000. He remains at the Hilo police cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for Wednesday (May 16).


Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Panaewa

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