Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, April 20, 2023

    At 4:20 a.m., a Kona patrol officer responding to a report of another break-in at an establishment in the 81-6600 block of Māmalahoa Highway in Captain Cook, observed a dark-colored BMW sedan with a defective headlight traveling away from the scene at a high rate of speed. While attempting to stop the BMW, the officer reported that an occupant from inside the BMW fired gunshots at him, striking his front windshield in two places; one on the lower passenger side, the other directly in front of the officer’s head. Miraculously, says the police statement, the officer was not injured.

Leilani Parent, arrested for attempted murder and armed robbery. As she and her partner fled, bullets were fired from their car, hitting police vehicles. Photo from HPD police and gunshots fired, hitting police cars.

    

    A few minutes later, officers responding to the Rabbit Hill Road area located the BMW which fled onto Highway 11 towards Kailua-Kona. As it passed Nāpo‘opo‘o Road, an occupant of the BMW fired at another police vehicle, striking that vehicle just outside the driver-side door. As officers pursued the BMW, an occupant from inside the BMW fired an estimated six additional rounds at pursuing officers before the pursuit entered a more populated area. After weighing the risk to themselves and the community, as well as Alcain and Parent against the dangers involved in a continued high-speed police pursuit, officers made the decision to terminate the pursuit.
     No officers were injured and none of the officers discharged their firearms, says the report from police.
    At 5:10 a.m., officers received a report of an armed robbery at a residence located at the 87-3000 block Huna Kai Road in Kona Paradise. A male victim reported that a man with a rifle and a female accomplice threatened him and demanded the keys to his red Ford Explorer SUV. The couple then fled the area in the SUV. A gray-colored BMW sedan was found abandoned nearby.
   After an intensive manhunt, including the assistance of Puna District patrol officers, Detectives from both Area I and Area II Criminal Investigation Divisions, and the Department’s Special Response Team,

Dylan Alcain and partner were arrested at a home in Volcano Thursday morning, charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and other crimes. HPD photo

Alcain and Parent were located at the Volcano residence and taken into custody shortly after 11:00 a.m. without further incident. They were arrested for first-degree attempted murder and armed robbery. Additional offenses are pending as the investigation continues.
   The two are being held at the Kealakehe Police Station Cellblock pending further investigation. Hawai'i Police Department’s Area II Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation and asks anyone who may have been in the areas of the crime scenes and witnessed any one these incidents to call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or Detective Donovan Kohara at (808) 326-4646, extension 238, or donovan.kohara@hawaiicounty.gov.
    Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 808-961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.