A man who was a suspect in a felony investigation was talking to police Friday when he plunged to his death from the rocks near the Makapuu Lookout.
The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 50-year-old man as Kevin T. Oshiro of Kaneohe. It listed his cause of death as multiple blunt force injuries but said the manner of death was still under investigation.
The Honolulu Police Department said in a statement that officers were speaking with the suspect “when he either jumped or fell from the rocks.”
In a Friday television news report, KITV cited unnamed sources in identifying Oshiro as a retired police officer.
HPD would not confirm the suspect’s identity Monday, but said officers had been searching for him Friday morning as part of a felony investigation and located him at Makapuu. Police would not release additional details of the investigation.
Following Oshiro’s death, police opened an unattended-death investigation.
HPD’s 2014 annual report listed Oshiro as among the department’s retirees that year. Oshiro at the time was a metro police sergeant who had been with the department 23 years, according to the annual report.
The Honolulu Fire Department on Friday said department personnel responded to a call at 10:43 that morning of a swimmer in distress off Makapuu. Police at the scene reported that a man had jumped from the lookout, according to HFD.
Rescue personnel in a boat reached the man, who was unconscious, not breathing and had traumatic injuries consistent with a fall of more than 200 feet, HFD said. The man was taken by helicopter to a nearby landing zone and pronounced dead at noon.
Male suspect sought in armed robbery
Honolulu police detectives are looking for a suspect who tried to rob a person Feb. 18 in an apartment building in Makiki.
Police said the man entered the elevator with the victim in an apartment on Heulu Street.
When the victim left the elevator, the suspect put on a mask and robbed the victim at gunpoint.
“The victim started yelling and the suspect fled when other residents came out of their apartments,” police said.
Police have classified the incident as first-degree robbery and disseminated a photograph of the suspect.
The suspect is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 150 pounds and in his 30s.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
Fall victim dies during flight to Queen’s
A 72-year-old man died Sunday while being flown to The Queen’s Medical Center after suffering multiple injuries from a fall in Hawaii island’s Kona district.
Police said there were no initial signs of foul play but assigned the case to homicide investigators.
The man was pronounced dead at 12:23 a.m. Sunday.
Man robs woman in car halted by traffic
A 31-year-old man entered a vehicle stopped in traffic in Kalihi on Sunday afternoon, struggled with the 69-year-old female driver and grabbed her property before running away.
The incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. Police found the suspect near the scene and arrested him without incident at 5:16 p.m.
The woman’s property was not found, police said.
