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Arrest made after threat to “shoot up” Kona Community Hospital
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by Big Island Video News
on May 30, 2012 at 3:56 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii: A 51-year-old Kona man was arrested Wednesday, May 30th, after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” Kona Community Hospital. Kona Patrol Officers responded to a call from the hospital in Kealakekua at 9:24 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a report that a man had made phone calls threatening the 94-bed full-service acute care facility. Police […]

KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii: A 51-year-old Kona man was arrested Wednesday, May 30th, after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” Kona Community Hospital.

Kona Patrol Officers responded to a call from the hospital in Kealakekua at 9:24 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a report that a man had made phone calls threatening the 94-bed full-service acute care facility.

Police say they later contacted Philip Couch at his home in the White Sands area off Alii Drive and arrested him at 12:40 p.m. on suspicion of disorderly conduct for causing alarm at the hospital. He was released about an hour later pending further investigation.


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