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Drive-By Paintball Assaults In Kona Investigated
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by Big Island Video News
on Sep 22, 2022 at 4:30 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

KONA, Hawaiʻi - Police arrested two individuals following reports that two unidentified males in a truck were shooting paintballs at random people on Ali‘i Drive.

UPDATE – (4: 30 p.m. on Thursday, September 22)

  • Two individuals were arrested on Thursday in connection to reports that “two unidentified males in a dark colored truck” were “shooting paintballs at random people on Ali‘i Drive in Kailua-Kona.”

From the Hawaiʻi Police Department:

On September 22, 2022, at 12:38 a.m., Kona Patrol officers were assigned to a report of two unidentified males in a dark colored truck shooting paintballs at random people on Ali‘i Drive in Kailua-Kona.

Officers contacted two separate victims with visible injuries consistent to that of being shot by a paintball. The suspect vehicle was located and the two male occupants were subsequently arrested.

Police arrested and charged 18-year old Cyan Batha, of Kamuela, for two counts of Assault III. The driver of the vehicle, 27-year old Sailus Gamsey, of Kailua-Kona, was also arrested, although was released pending further investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this incident or who may have witnessed it is encouraged to contact Sergeant Erich Jackson at (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253; or via email at Erich.Jackson@Hawaiicounty.gov You may also contact the Hawai’i Police Department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-​3311.


Filed Under: Kailua-Kona Tagged With: Alii Drive

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