Shooting in Puna leaves man with multiple injuries; 1 man in custody

A Puna man is being investigated for attempted murder after a 32-year-old man was shot several times.

The victim was shot on Friday in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Vasiliy Viktorovich Trubachev, 31, of Kea‘au, was taken into custody.

Shortly before 11 a.m., Hawai‘i Island police responded to an unknown type of disturbance at a residence on 7th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Responding Puna patrol officers learned that a male acquaintance of Trubachev had come to the residence where an altercation ensued; he reportedly threatened several individuals while armed with a knife and glass bottle.

The acquaintance then reportedly assaulted several individuals at the residence, before leaving the area on foot. While investigating, officers were informed by passersby, that there was a male on the ground in the area of 6th Avenue and Maku‘u Drive, who was injured and bleeding.

As officers went to investigate, they located the man who reported he had been shot multiple times by Trubachev.

Officers immediately began providing first aid to the man until Hawai‘i Fire Department personnel arrived and transported the victim via ambulance to the Hilo Medical Center Emergency Room. He remains hospitalized in stable condition.

Trubachev was arrested at the 7th Avenue residence without incident and was transported to the East Hawai’i Detention Center pending investigation.

Area I Criminal Investigation Section detectives responded to the scene to continue this investigation, which is classified as second-degree attempted murder.

Police detectives are currently working on obtaining a search warrant for Trubachev’s residence.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact the police department’s non-emergency number at 808-935-3311 or Detective Christopher Jelsma of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 808-961-2386 or via email at Christopher.Jelsma@hawaiicounty.gov.