PAHOA, Hawaii – The Latest on a triple killing on Hawaii's Big Island (all times local):
12 p.m.
Police on Hawaii's Big Island say two juveniles are among the three people a man is suspected of killing.
Capt. Robert Wagner says officers responding to a disturbance call Friday pulled over a man who was driving away in a car and found a woman's body in the trunk. He says they also discovered a gun in the car.
Inside the house in a rural subdivision, Wagner says officers found the bodies of a boy and a girl. Police are trying to identify the victims.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of three counts of murder and is being held in jail.
Wagner says a triple homicide is "definitely unique," not only for the rural Puna area, but the entire island.
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10:15 a.m.
Police on Hawaii's Big Island say they have a man in custody who they suspect killed three people.
Police on Friday responded to a disturbance call in a subdivision in the Puna district. When officers arrived, they stopped a vehicle that was leaving. Police say a woman's body was inside.
Police found two other bodies inside the house.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested on suspicion of three counts of murder. He's being held at the Hilo police cellblock.
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