PUNA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Court records are providing additional detail on the first day of the manhunt for Christopher Lucrisia, who was found dead on March 16 after a shootout with police in the second pursuit this month stemming from domestic violence.
On March 17, his alleged accomplice, Silas Zion, 23, made his initial court appearance and remains in custody on $3 million bail.
Court documents detail the shooting in the shopping center parking lot and Zion speeding off in his white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck.
According to court documents, officers received information regarding the white truck on a property on Ihope Road in Mountain View. The document states officers found Zion hiding in the bushes around 5:30 p.m. near the white pickup truck.
The truck was transported to the Hilo Police Station for processing.
The document reveals that after being granted a search warrant, officers observed what appeared to be blood on the front passenger and rear passenger seats, front passenger seatbelt and rear passenger door. They also recovered an empty black Glock model 19 gun case, which had a serial number, from the rear passenger flooring within the vehicle.
Officers also observed a firearm registration printout in the glovebox for Zion for a Glock 19 semi-auto 9 mm caliber pistol with the same serial number as the empty gun case.
Officers also recovered three live 9 mm caliber rounds, ammunition box containing seven live 30-30 caliber rounds, three spent 30-30 caliber casings and one live 9 mm caliber round, two spent .22 caliber round and a three live 30-30 caliber rounds.
Authorities also obtained a search warrant for Zion’s phone. Police found five pictures taken on March 14, between 11:18 a.m. and 11:20 a.m., showing injuries to Lucrisia. The document states the photos showed what appears to be bullet fragments in the left rear neck of Lucrisia with blood in the area and apparent bullet fragments in the upper left side of Lucrisia’s back with blood coming from the area. Another possible injury to his upper right back where heavy bleeding and coagulated blood was also observed.
On March 16, Lucrisia was found in the same area Zion was located, ending the three-day manhunt.
It was the second deadly case involving domestic violence on Hawaii island this month.
Police said Lucrisia’s crime spree began on March 10, when he fired a gun at his ex-girlfriend’s home.
In a separate yet similar incident on March 4, police said Isaiah Fourshey went to his ex-girlfriends sister’s home and shot and killed her sister.
Police eventually located Fourshey which led to a shootout ending in his death.
“It feels like it’s a lot on Hawaii island because it’s happened so closely together,” explained Monique Ibarra, Domestic Violence Action Center CEO. “It’s in all of our communities, it’s unsettling.”
Ibarra says the biggest red flag is feeling afraid in a relationship or thinking the person might hurt them.
“One of the most dangerous and highly lethal times for a victim of domestic violence is when she chooses to leave her partner,” she explained. “This is when he feels a sense of loss of control over her and her whereabouts so the level of risk and lethality increases exponentially and we’ve seen this time and time again.”
She says finding a domestic violence shelter is important during that time because the abuser will look for the victim at friends and families homes.
She said it could be harder for women to seek assistance in rural communities because it could be far away, but there are resources on all islands.
A full list of resources can be found on Hawaii police departments website.