Man dead and pair arrested in apparent assault

Honolulu police detectives have opened a homicide investigation after a man was killed in an apparent early morning assault in Kalihi.

Two men were in custody as police investigated reports that a group of men were seen chasing a male, police said.

Paramedics were called to Halona Street at 3 a.m. Friday and treated a man, described as in his 20s to 30s, for a trauma wound. The victim died at the scene at 3:40 a.m., Emergency Medical Services said.

In custody Friday night were two men from Kalihi, 19 and 21 years old, both of the same Wai­aka­milo Road address. Police arrested the younger man at 4:15 p.m. at Wai­aka­milo Road and Moo­kaula Street, and the older man was arrested 14 minutes later at Wai­aka­milo Road and Moo­waa Street.

Both were booked for investigation of second-degree murder.

Police closed off the area from the Houghtailing Street off­ramp on H-1 westbound to Halona Street, and Kohou Street to Houghtailing Street as they investigated.

The roads were closed around 3:52 a.m. and reopened four hours later.