Suspect Charged in Hilo Officer-Involved Shooting

41 year-old Jordan Gino Cacatian of Mountain View was charged with terroristic threatening and attempted assault of a police officer in relation to an August 23 officer-involved incident on Keawe Street in Downtown Hilo.
As the Complaint alleges, Cacatian was charged with Terroristic Threatening in the First Degree (with the use of a dangerous instrument, a knife), Attempted Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer in the First Degree (holding a knife with a blade pointed in the direction of a police officer and disobeyed commands to drop the knife with the intent to assault the officer), and Attempted Assault in the Second Degree.
The investigation was initiated by South Hilo Patrol and the felony investigation was handled by Detective John Balberde, Area I Criminal Investigation Section, Hawai‘i Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Lucas Burns.
The charges are merely allegations, and the Defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
 
Photo credit: Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office