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Emergency Medical Services personnel early Saturday morning transported from Like Like Drive Inn a man who reported being stabbed, the latest in a string of early-morning violent incidents in the Keeaumoku Street area over the past several weeks.
Paramedics took the 26-year-old man to the hospital at about 3:30 a.m., EMS reported. He was listed in serious but stable condition.
It was the fourth stabbing in the area since the beginning of March.
Police Criminal Investigation Division and police dispatch officials said they had no record of the incident.
The Like Like Drive Inn manager said her husband, who began work at 3:30 a.m. at the restaurant, open 24 hours, and no other employees were aware of a stabbing and said the man may have been stabbed elsewhere and ended up in the area.
The security guard at the Like Like Plaza said no such incident was on his log.
On March 3, police arrested an Ewa Beach man at about 5:30 a.m. in a baseball-bat assault and stabbing on Makaloa Street near the Walgreens on Keeaumoku Street. But police released the 20-year-old suspect after the victims declined to press charges.
Police are still looking for suspects in a March 15 fight in which two men were stabbed in front of the Keeaumoku McDonald’s after a fight involving two groups of young people.
On March 31, police arrested a 21-year-old Kalihi man and charged him with assault after he allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old man during a brawl involving about 20 people. Police said the fight happened just after 7 a.m. on Sheridan Street behind the Keeaumoku McDonald’s.
The suspect, Richard A. Lam, is also charged with promoting a dangerous drug.
In response to community concerns over recent incidents, Honolulu police last month visited several businesses in the Keeaumoku area that sell liquor. Police said officers discussed with workers the importance of calling police when a problem arises.
Police are also considering whether their presence in the area should be heightened at certain times.
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