Hawaii Island police have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a body along the Bayfront Highway in Hilo.
On Saturday (December 29) at about 8:47 p.m., police received a number of calls of possible gunshots heard in the area of Moʻoheau Park in Hilo. Responding officers discovered an unresponsive male victim with apparent gunshot wounds.
Police have positively identified the victim as 32 year-old Faafetai Fiu of Hilo.
The suspect in this investigation remains at large.
The Bayfront Highway was closed to traffic from Pauahi Street to Waianuenue Avenue while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section responded and are continuing the investigation, which is classified as a second-degree murder. The highway is expected to remain closed throughout Sunday. Traffic is being routed onto Kamehameha Avenue into Downtown Hilo.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning to determine the exact cause of death.
Police ask that anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident contact Detective Robert Almeida at 961-2386 or ralmeida@co.hawaii.hi.us or Detective Norbert Serrao at 961-2383 nserrao@co.hawaii.hi.us.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona 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.
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how do you read people’s comments to this story????
The victim had a baby in the first two weeks of December; did you ask the mother where her drug-addict-ex-husband was? I bet he was around in the area; maybe he could give you some “crimestopper tips” such as, he shot and killed Fiu. Hey, you dudes are slick…nothing gets by you!!!