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05-07-16 Puna multiple murders (update No. 2) 
Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Division
Captain Robert Wagner
Phone: 961-2251
Report No. C16012360
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Puna man arrested Friday (May 6) in connection with multiple murders in the Leilani Estates subdivision.
At 8:30 p.m. Saturday (May 6) 49-year-old John Ali Hoffman of Leilani Estates was charged with first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, place to keep and use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony. His bail was set at $2,750,000.
He remains at the Hilo police cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for Monday (May 9).
An autopsy determined that an adult female, a minor female and a minor male died of gunshot wounds.
The woman has been identified but her identity is being withheld pending notification of her family. The children have yet to be positively identified.
Address/Location
Hawaii Police Department
349 Kapiolani St
Hilo, HI 96720
Contact
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Non-emergencies: 808-935-3311
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