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The chief of police of Hawai'i Island, Ben Moszkowicz, holds a press conference on March 16, 2025 after a suspect was accused of shoting and injuring a police officer. (Screen excavation)

9 p.m. Sunday update: During a press conference on Sunday evening, the police chief of Hawai'i Island, Ben Moszkowicz, said goodbye to the schedule of events earlier a day, which led to the death of Christopher Lucrisia, who was sought for the shooting of a Big Island police officer.

Moszkowicz said that detectives had remained at the scene in which Lucrisia was found dead in the Ihope Road on Sunday evening to continue their investigations and focused on where Lucrissia was possibly in the past three days, and who, if someone helped him, helped him to avoid the conquest.

In addition, charges against Silas Zion were officially submitted. As a driver of the GetaWay Pickup truck, who helped to flee Lucrisia in Hilo after shooting on the officer on March 14, Zion sees himself before an attempted murder of attempted degrees, the first degree prosecution and the place where he kept pistol to keep ammunition.

The deposit of the 23-year-old is $ 3.075 million.

Zion was taken into custody on the same day as at the shootout, but Lucrisia escaped the capture until around 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Silas Zion. (Photo with friendly approval: Hawai'i Island Police)
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According to a press release from the police in the Hawai'i police, the officials reacted to the 18-1300 block of the Ihope Road for a report on a home vasion. A man who later decided as a 39-year-old Lucrisia entered a residence and threatened the inmates before stealing the keys to a vehicle that was parked outside, as a press release emerged.

Since Zion was taken into custody by the residence on the other side of the street, at least a dozen detectives and members of the special reaction team of the police authority in the region were already on the house.

“When they did it, Lucrisia, who was armed with a rifle and a pistol and hid in a vehicle on the property, began to shoot the detectives that first arrived,” says the release. “Seconds later, the SRT personnel came and founded a scope. Lucrisia continued to fire and an officer returned the fire. “

Finally, Lucrisia stopped shooting officers, and the members of the special reaction team kept a radius and repeatedly tried to communicate and negotiate with Lucrissia.

It is unknown at this time when these weapons were registered in Lucrissia's property.

After a while, the officers started an unmanned drone into the area, and that showed that Lucrisia was not reacting on the rear seat of the vehicle. Doctors were called to the scene and found that Lucrisia had died.

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“Although I am certainly grateful that nobody else was injured, our main focus was always on getting Lucretia unscathed in custody,” said Moszkowicz during a press conference on Sunday evening. “Unfortunately, his own actions prevented this hope from becoming reality.”

Moszkowicz said that detectives had stayed in the Ihope Road on Sunday evening to continue their investigations and focused on where Lucrisia may have been in the past three days, and who, if someone helped him, avoided the capture.

Moszkowiciz said that the officer who fired back in Lucrisia this afternoon was an 18-year-old veteran of the department that was assigned to the special response team.

The official was transferred to administrative leave.

During the press conference, the mayor of Hawaii, Kimo Alameda, confirmed the fear, pain and participation of the situation caused in the community.

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“When violence breaks out in our neighborhoods, nobody wins,” said Alameda. “This was a tragic and deeply disturbing event. And my heart goes to everyone who was affected. “

Alameda expanded his thoughts and prayers to the officer, who was critically injured in service.

“You know his bravery and bravery of his co -officers of law enforcement officers from the city and the state to the government, reminds us of the incredible risk of taking every day to ensure that we are safe,” said the mayor. “As a community, I want us to continue working together to ensure that our island remains a place where families can go up and down the street without fear, where we get each other's back and where our law enforcement and the public are united.”

The officer injured on Friday was flown to Queen's Medical Center. The police said that the official was once in the right forearm and head near the top of his skull. It is expected to recover completely.

The friends of the first aiders, a long-time and trustworthy partner of the Hawaii police authority, started a fundraising campaign for the official, who was violated on Friday in response to a community application for support to the official.

The fundraising campaign is intended to cover the short -term expenditure as additional protective gods so that the family of the official can be by his side during this difficult time. The Fundraiser link can be found here:

5:42 p.m. Sunday update: The Hawai'i Island police have confirmed that Christopher Lucrisia is dead after he was shot by officials in Mountain View.

Lucrisia escaped the police all weekend after shot a police officer in Hilo on Friday.

Shortly before 3 p.m., the residents called the police for a home view in Mountain View in the Ihop Road, where the authorities claim that Lucrisia entered the house and stole the vehicle's vehicle.

The 39-year-old was armed with a rifle and a pistol.

This is the same place where the police arrested Silas Zion on Friday. The police said that the police drove the escape truck with Lucrissia as a passenger after the police officer was shot in Hilo.

Zion was officially charged with countless crimes, including first degree murder, first degree, terrorist threat of the first degree, ruthless threat to the first degree and various first degree fire weapons.

The officers arrived almost immediately after calling residents when Lucrisia reported that the fire had opened, the police said.

An officer returned the fire and Lucrisia was hit.

After the shootout, the officials set a scope and tried negotiations.

“After a time without an answer, they sent in a drone that showed Lucrissia motionless. Doctors were called and Lucrisia was declared dead, ”explains the officials.

Original post: The Hawai'i Police Department East Hawai'i Vice Section Officer was shot in a heavy but stable state in a hospital in O'ahu on the morning of March 14.

The multi-agency manhunt for the 39-year-old Christopher Lucrisia von Mountain View is still as a official of the Hawaii police authority, which he shot twice in front of a Hilo bank on the morning of March 14, in a heavy but stable condition in an O'ahu hospital. (Photo with friendly approval: Hawai'i Police Department)

However, it will be a long recovery after 39-year-old Christopher Lucrisia von Mountain View reported reported the 9-year-old veteran of the Big Island Police Department in the right forearm and a second time in his head.

The official was immediately taken to the Hilo Benioff Medical Center and later flown to the Queen's Medical Center for further treatment in the afternoon.

He was in the operation, while Hawaii police chief Ben Moszkowicz updated the media and the public about the shootout during the press conference, which started shortly after Friday at 5:30 p.m.

The non -profit friends of the first aiders have initiated a fundraising campaign to cover the doctor bills of the injured officer.

Click here to experience and donate more.

The Hawai'i police authority appreciates the concern and support from Big Island and beyond when the official was injured on Friday.

He asked that his name was not made public.

The department honors its request, which will also ensure that other ongoing examinations are not at risk. It hopes that the community will do the same.

The police authority of Hawaii and its neighboring island, state and federal partners, including members of the Honolulu police department, are to be searched for the first degree in connection with the shooting on Friday and several other charges until early Sunday afternoon.

Based on evidence that were collected at the crime scene of the incident in the parking lot in front of the first Hawaiian bank near Prince Kūhiō Plaza in Hilo, the police believe that he could be injured.

While no additional information is included in the consultations, the police were involved in several ongoing activities that have closed parts of Hilohilo Street, the North Oshiro Road, Ihope Road and Stainback Highway at various times since Saturday afternoon.

At the beginning of last week, Lucrisia was involved in incidents in a house in the Hilohilo road that led to the law enforcement authorities looking for him and led to their ways that crossed the morning of March 14.

He 5-foot 10, weighs £ 250, Puertorican, with black hair and green eyes. The 39-year-old is still considered armed and dangerous and should not be addressed.

There are a total of up to 21,000 US dollars rewards for information that leads to the recording and arrest of Lucrisia.

Do not call the Hawaii police department under 808-935-3311 to report a tip. Anonymous tips can be given to Hawai'i Island Crime Stopper at 808-961-8300.

The Hawai'i Fusion Center has also set up a web portal for people to submit photos or videos about the incident on Friday. While people are encouraged to leave their contact information with everything they submit online, submissions can also be anonymous.

The Hawaii police authority reminds the public that anyone who houses or hidden a person who has been a person who has been a person who is looking for could also be exposed to criminal charges.

The law of the state of Hawaii defines the persecution of the first degree as if another person helps another person to hinder their fear, persecution, conviction or punishment for a crime or murder of class A, B or C.

The disability of the first degree prosecution is a crime of class C and punishes up to 5 years in prison.