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Police arrested a 51-year-old woman after she allegedly attacked her 86-year-old mother in Kailua.
At about 3 p.m. Tuesday, police said the woman assaulted her mother using an unspecified dangerous instrument, causing a laceration to the victim’s right arm.
Police located the suspect shortly before 10 p.m. in Lanikai and arrested her on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder. The investigation is ongoing.
Man dies in fall through warehouse roof
A 45-year-old Hilo man died after falling through the roof of a warehouse in Panaewa on Tuesday.
He has been identified as Peter Tosie. An autopsy is expected Friday to determine the exact cause of death.
Shortly after 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report that a man had fallen about 40 feet at a warehouse on Kealakai Street. Tosie, a painting company employee, was on the roof of the structure he was painting when he fell through a fiberglass section and landed on the concrete floor.
He was transported in critical condition to Hilo Medical Center, where he died.
Police are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.
Shark prompts Kihei beach closures
Lifeguards briefly closed three Kihei beach parks Wednesday after two beachgoers watched an 8-foot tiger shark within 25 feet of shore swallow a dead bird whole and swim off, the Maui Fire Department said.
Lifeguards warned Kamaole Beach Park II beachgoers at noon of the shark sighting and closed waters off Kamaole parks I, II and III. The waters were reopened at 2 p.m. after the shark was no longer seen.
It was the third shark encounter this month on Maui.
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