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Alleged shooter by Big Island Officer dead

Update: Sunday, 6.15 p.m.

The search by Christopher Lucrisia, 39, has ended after the Hawaii Island police reported that the suspect was dead after a shootout of the officials.

The police planned a media information this evening at 7:30 a.m.

Sunday, 2:30 p.m.

A refugee who is accused of shoting a police officer in Hawaii Island on Friday is still on the run at 2:30 p.m., and the overall rewards remain at 21,00,000 US dollars for information that leads to the arrest of the man.

The police announced today at 1:10 p.m. that the police officer, who suspected 39 -year -old Christopher Lucrisia, shot in Hilo in Hilo in Hilo in Hilo in Hilo, remains in a stable condition in Oahu and is expected to make a complete recovery. According to the police, the civil servant's identification was not published out of respect for his privacy.

Update: Saturday, 9 p.m.

A refugee who was accused of shoting a police officer on Hawaii Island on Friday remained on the run on Saturday at 8:15 p.m., despite an influx of federal support and state prosecution and increased reward incentives.

The police also announced on Saturday that the suspect Christopher Lucrisia, 39, from Puna, could be injured in Hilo due to evidence from shooting on Friday.

Two federal authorities on Saturday offered 10,000 US dollars for information that led to the arrest of Lucrisia, a convicted criminal who was accused of shot a police officer on Friday during a arrest in Hilo and on Wednesday in Mountain View regarding Hilo.

The reward offers of the US Marshalls service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were added to an earlier reward of up -up from Hawaii Island in Island Crime Stopper.

Update: Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

A refugee who is accused of shoting a police officer in Hawaii Island on Friday will remain on the run this evening, since the authorities increased the reward payments to 21,000 US dollars to obtain information that led to the arrest of the man.

The latest reward offer of 10,000 US dollars from the US Marshalls service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were added to a earlier reward of Hawai'i Island Crime Stopper Stop Dollar to catch Christopher Lucissia.

Officials from the Hawaii police authority announced on Saturday that the island employment with federal and state partners, including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Marshalls Service, State Sheriff and the State Department of Land and Natural Resources Enforcement Officer, was improved.

Lucrisia is still considered armed and dangerous. Therefore, the public is recommended not to turn to the suspects.

Tips on the Marshalls service can be called in (808) 935-3311. Hawai'i Island Crime Stopper operates an anonymous tip line under (808) 961-8300 and does not record any calls or use the caller ID.

UPDATE: Saturday, 11.25 a.m.

Officials from the Hawaii district today said that a reward of up to $ 11,000 is offered for information that leads to the capture and arrest of 39-year-old Christopher Lucrisia von Puna, who shot and wounded a police officer in Hilo on Friday morning and is being sought because of the suspicion of a first degree.

The US Marshalls service offers a reward of up to 10,000 US dollars. Call (808) 935-3311 to report tips. Anonymous tips can be given to Hawaii Island Crime Stopper (808) 961-8300 to prove a reward of up to $ 1,000.

Federal and state partners, including FBI, Homeland Securities Investigations, Marshalls Service, Sheriffs of the State of Hawaii and the Ministry of Land & Natural Resources, followed Lucrissia in Hawaii Island police.

Lucrisia is considered armed and dangerous and should not be addressed, the police said.

Update: Saturday

A convicted criminal in Hawaii Island shot a police officer in Hilo on Friday morning, who triggered an island -wide search for the search, while the official was flown to Oahu in a serious but stable state.

Hawaii police authority announced shortly before noon that the suspect was 39-year-old Christopher Lucrisia, who allegedly fired a weapon in front of her house in Mountain View in front of his house in front of her house in front of his 39-year-old ex-girlfriend.

Lucrisia is also accused of returning to the woman's house on Wednesday while she was on the road, and a bedridden 75-year-old woman threatens with a firearm, steals a bag out of her bed and threatens to kill his ex-girlfriend.

Lucrisia was still at large until Friday evening. The 23-year-old Silas Zion from Pahoa, who said that the police were at the shootout, who was at least two officials, was arrested with Lucrisia, shortly after 6 p.m. in Puna without incident. He sees a potential indictment for a murder for the first degree shooting for the shootout, in which an officer was taken to the hospital.

According to Ben Moszkowicz, chief police chief of Hawaii, who was looking for Lucrisia in a white Chevy pickup in a white Chevy pickup at the 11-AM shopping center in Hilo in a white chevy pickup on Friday morning in search of Lucrisia due to ruthless end and firearm costs regarding the previous incidents in the Mountain View in a white Chevy pickup discovered

When the officials who wore devices they identified as the police, approached the truck and demanded that the residents of the vehicle not move, Lucrisia dropped out at least twice and hit an officer, said Moszkowicz.

A second officer shot back three times, but at the time it was not known whether, according to Moszkowicz Lucrisia or the driver of the truck, it was not known.

At a press conference on Friday evening, Moszkowicz said that he said a complete recovery for the injured officer, a nine -year -old veteran who was assigned to East Hawaii's vice unit, and asked the suspects to arise peacefully.

“In this case we no longer need violence,” he said. “Nobody else has to be injured. We just want to ensure that justice is finished and we will have the criminal justice system played out. “

Moszkowicz also said that two police authorities on neighboring island and the State Ministry offered the prosecution to help you search.

The mayor of Hawaii Island, Kimo Alameda, said during the press conference that the two suspects would be found as well as possible and pursued by criminal law.

“It's a sad day for us here on Big Island,” said Alameda. “But I want you to know that our police department does a really, really good job, and I recommend it for your service.”

Immediately after the shootings on Friday, the police officers believed that Lucrisia was on foot in a Hilo district near the streets Manono and Leilani, and advised the public to avoid the area and contact the police when they see Lucrissia, who is described as a 5 -foot 10 inches and 250 pounds with green eyes and black hair.

By 3 p.m., the department announced that the police had completed their search for houses in the neighborhood and that their search had been expanded to the island.

Around 4 p.m., the Zion police identified as the driver of the escape pickup and described him as 5 feet of 6 inches, 110 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.

Both men should be considered armed and extremely dangerous, said Moszkowicz and should report to the police and not address if they are seen by the public.

The injured officer was first brought to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center, then flown to Oahu and brought to the Queen's Medical Center for surgery.

The detective, who fired his firearm, is a 17-year-old veteran of the department that was assigned to the vice unit in East Hawaii, and, according to Moszkowicz, was mentally, emotionally and physically able to return to work mentally, emotionally and physically.

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Previous reporting

A police in Hawaii Island carries out an island -wide search for two men, after today an officer in a bank near the shopping center of Prince Kuhio Plaza was shot in Hilo, and later flew to Oahu and was transported to the medical center of the queen, where the officer was in a serious but stable condition from a head injury.

Officials from the Hawaii police authority said shortly before noon that the suspect was a 39-year-old man named Christopher Lucrisia, who had fled the scene as a passenger in a white Chevy pickup after he allegedly shot the officer twice.

Police later believed that Lucrisia was on foot in a quarter of Hilo near the streets of Manono and Leilani, and advised the public to avoid the area and contact the police when they see Lucrissia, which is described as a 5 -foot and 250 pounds with green eyes and black hair.

At 3 p.m., the department announced that the police had completed their search for houses in the Hilo district and that their search had been expanded to the island.

Around 4 p.m. the police said that they were looking for 23-year-old Silas Zion from Pahoa, who is sought as part of today's shootout for attempted murder.

According to the police, Zion is the driver of the pickup, in which Lucrisia was a passenger.

Zion, which was described as 5th foot 6, 110 pound with blonde hair and blue eyes, was arrested in Puna without incident shortly after 6 p.m. He sees a potential indictment for a murder for the first degree shooting for the shootout, in which an officer was taken to the hospital.

Police chief Ben Moszkowicz said that the wounded officer, who was assigned to East Hawaii's vice department, was in a serious state, according to the Hawaii Tribune Herald. He was brought to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center before he was flown to Oahu.

“He has a head injury,” said Moszkowicz shortly after noon. “He is awake, he is vigilant.”

According to Moszkowicz, the police received information that Lucrisia was looking for was near the bank. Lucrisia shot at least twice without any previous conversations and met the officer, said Moszkowicz.

The chief said another officer returned the fire, but it is not known whether the suspect was hit or not.

The shootout this morning took place in the first Hawaiian bank near Prince Kuhio Plaza.

Moszkowicz said that the house search for houses in the area of ​​Waiakea-Hauslücken to Lucrisia “did not come out”.

“We couldn't find the suspect there,” he said. “He is still at large where it is unknown, so the search in the island has been expanded.”

The public is reminded of not approaching Lucrissia, which is considered armed and dangerous, or Zion.


Hawaii Tribune Herald contributed to this report.