On Friday, July 15, 2022, at about 9:29 a.m., Hilo Patrol officers responded to a telephone report of a bomb left within a classroom on the Hawai’i Community College (HCC), Manono Campus.  A systematic search of the college found no unauthorized persons, devices, or explosives on campus.  Police also conducted a precautionary search at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Kawili Street Campus, where no unauthorized persons, devices, or explosives were found. 

Police have initiated a terroristic threatening case due to the threat and the investigation is being continued by detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section.

Police ask that anyone with information regarding this threat call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.