UPDATE--Observatory damage not caused by firearm!

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Community Report: 06-07-15 Observatory damage

Hawai#699;i Police Department
South Hilo Patrol
Captain Richard Sherlock
Phone: 961-2213

Report No. C15016638

Media Release

Hawai#699;i Island police are investigating a report of damage to an observatory at the summit of Mauna Kea.

Officers responded to a report late Saturday night (June 6) of what appeared to be a “bullet hole” in a door at the Subaru Telescope at the Mauna Kea summit.

The damage reportedly occurred sometime between Friday evening and Saturday evening.

Police ask anyone with information about this incident to call Officer Nelson Cacho at 961-2213 or the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

This is an update of a previous message
Community: 06-08-15 Observatory damage (update)
Hawai#699;i Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Captain Robert Wagner
Phone: 961-2251
Report No. C15016638


Media Release

Hawai#699;i Island police have determined that damage to an observatory at the summit of Mauna Kea was not a bullet hole.

A detective investigated the scene Monday (June 8) and determined that a hole in a door to the observatory was caused by a bolt from an adjacent wall and that it had been there for approximately six months.

The case that had been initiated for this incident will be closed as unfounded.

[shockwave rider]

This is going to change the whole story if it proves to be a bullet hole. Stopping traffic is one thing, shooting at observatory doors is another.

[pahoated]

The Republican Hawaiian Kingdom has declared war on Japan.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[Chunkster]

Picture and very brief story here:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/break...scope.html

This will typically go over to their paid content pages within 12-24 hours, so this will likely be a temporary link. And yes, that's definitely a bullet hole and it's so well centered on the door that it had to be a deliberate "message." If the protesters don't thoroughly and quickly disavow this, it will be a PR disaster.

[Guest]

Another curious black hole that canadians will spend time and money on, and only discover these empty holes also riddle the close by Pohakuloa military training grounds below them. JMO, probably was an accident from the training exercises that routinely take place just a few miles away? Maybe one of the hundreds of scientists who work daily atop the summit had a bad day, or one of the thousands of tourists that visit the summit daily was not happy about the coffee being cold?. I am sure in some way our politicians and scientists will pin the blame on the "protectors"like the "fire ants"last month? If words of wisdom did not continue to blow into deaf ears, or get blocked by mountains of cash we may have to write about the incredible weather lately instead of new unidentified black holes. Jmo. A one inch extra reason why shuttles for "everyone" who visit or works on the summit of Maunakea may be needed immediately.

[snorkle]

Why automatically assume that the bullet came from the protestors. A couple of other sources could be the astronomer's weekly Saturday night poker game or a "false flag" operation by the besieged Kenoi administration.

[flyingsurfer]

Angle of trajectory will answer that? As will the bullet.

[Wao nahele kane]

Looks to be from a .45 cal handgun. Shot from below and to the right of the door (Around 7:00 from looking out the door).

[LastTangoInPuna]

How many previous "drive-bys" have there been in this neighborhood? Is this a new phenomenon?

[leilanidude]

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Originally posted by gypsy69

Another curious black hole that canadians will spend time and money on, and only discover these empty holes also riddle the close by Pohakuloa military training grounds below them. JMO, probably was an accident from the training exercises that routinely take place just a few miles away? Maybe one of the hundreds of scientists who work daily atop the summit had a bad day, or one of the thousands of tourists that visit the summit daily was not happy about the coffee being cold?. I am sure in some way our politicians and scientists will pin the blame on the "protectors"like the "fire ants"last month? If words of wisdom did not continue to blow into deaf ears, or get blocked by mountains of cash we may have to write about the incredible weather lately instead of new unidentified black holes. Jmo. A one inch extra reason why shuttles for "everyone" who visit or works on the summit of Maunakea may be needed immediately.

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You can't really be that stupid, can you? Look at the picture. It did not come from Pohakuloa. Tourists don't have guns and there aren't "hundreds of scientists" that go to the summit every day. That was fired from close range, directly at the door.