A 53-year-old Hilo man shot numerous times in the early morning of Aug. 4 in Mountain View identified the suspect, 35-year-old Kawika Ah Nee of Mountain View, as the trigger man, according to court documents filed by police.

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Officers responding to the 1:37 a.m. call found the victim, Ricky Hao, lying on the driveway of a home on the 18-1200 block of Waikiki Street in the Livingston subdivision with multiple gunshot wounds.

Hao was first taken by ambulance in critical condition to Hilo Benioff Medical Center and later flown to Oahu for further treatment. A HBMC emergency room physician determined that Hao had sustained serious bodily injuries that would result in his permanent disfigurement.

Hao sustained a gunshot wound to his left-front chest wall, a urethra injury, a suspected blood vessel injury to his upper left arm, and a comminuted fracture of his left elbow — which means the bone had shattered into at least three fragments, the documents state.

Ah Nee was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony, and illegal possession of ammunition.

In addition, there were at least two other witnesses — a 44-year-old woman and a 66-year-old woman — who identified Ah Nee as the shooter, the documents state.

The younger woman said she saw a black pickup truck stop in front of the home and a heated verbal argument ensue between Hao and the driver, later identified as Ah Nee, according to police.

The woman reportedly told officers she saw the truck’s driver brandish what appeared to be a silver revolver, and both women allegedly heard five to six gunshots.

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At least one of the women gave police the truck’s license plate number, the documents state. Police later found the truck and Ah Nee at his residence.

Ah Nee waived his constitutional right to remain silent, police said, and told officers he was responding to a surveillance camera alert at his father-in-law’s house, directly across Waikiki Street from where the shooting occurred.

Ah Nee reportedly told officers he heard gunshots, turned around and headed home without driving to the scene. He allegedly told police surveillance video on his cellphone would corroborate his story.

Police obtained search warrants for Ah Nee’s two cellular devices, home and vehicle. The search turned up multiple rounds of ammunition of various calibers and a magazine containing four 5.56 rounds — but no videos to confirm Ah Nee’s reported statement.

On Monday, Hilo District Judge Jennifer Ng postponed a preliminary hearing for Ah Nee until Aug. 25 at the request of Stanton Oshiro, Ah Nee’s court-appointed attorney. Ng also maintained Ah Nee’s bail at $1.753 million.

A conviction for attempted second-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.

Ah Nee, who has no prior felony convictions, remains in custody at Hawaii Community Correctional Center.

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