Police have initiated an attempted murder investigation in connection with a stabbing in Kalihi Tuesday night.

An altercation broke out between four men in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the area of 760 McNeill St. at about 6:25 p.m.

Police said one of the men then wielded a knife and stabbed a 38-year-old man several times in the upper torso. The perpetrator and two other men fled on foot.

Emergency Medical Services treated the victim and took him in critical condition to a hospital.

There are no arrests at this time.