Police arrested a 34-year-old man Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed a 32-year-old man in Kaneohe.
The assailant allegedly attacked the victim at about 8:10 a.m. and fled the scene.
Emergency Medical Services reported the suspect possibly used a kitchen knife in the attack. Paramedics arrived at a Wena Street home where they treated the victim, who sustained multiple stab wounds to his torso. He was transported to a hospital in serious condition.
Police responded and located the stabbing suspect at or near a commercial building about a mile away from the scene. Officers arrested him on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder.
The Honolulu Police Department’s Domestic Violence Detail is investigating the stabbing.
Bus driver charged with negligent homicide
The driver of a tour bus that ran over a woman near Ala Moana Center on the woman’s 65th birthday last year has been charged with negligent homicide.
City prosecutors filed papers in state court Tuesday charging Vao Tauanuu, 52, with second-degree negligent homicide. The charge, which alleges simple negligence in causing the death of a pedestrian, is a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Police said Jui-Ching Hu was in a crosswalk when the tour bus, traveling east on Kona Street, turned onto Mahukona Street and struck her. They said the driver didn’t know he had struck the woman until someone flagged him down. Hu was pronounced dead at the scene.
Man stabbed in back near Moiliili cemetery
Police are investigating an early morning stabbing Wednesday in Moiliili in which a 44-year-old man sustained a wound to his back.
Shortly after midnight, Emergency Medical Services treated the victim near the Japanese Moiliili Cemetery. He was transported to a trauma hospital in serious condition.
Police arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of second-degree assault and two counts of criminal contempt of court.
