Police investigating possible murder-suicide involving 3-year-old in Waialua

A toddler and a 38-year-old man have died in a possible murder-suicide at a Waialua home this morning, Honolulu police said.

Police officers responded to a call at about 9:30 a.m to a home on Kuhi Street in Waialua, and investigators were en route to the scene as well.

Lt. Deena Thoemmes of the HPD’s Homicide Division said officers who arrived at the scene met with a juvenile female who was trying to get into the home through a locked bedroom door to find her father and brother.

“She was unable to get to the door and we had officers tell her to wait outside while they checked the house,” Thoemmes said. “There was an open window on the backside of the house and officers entered and they located the deceased male and the deceased toddler on the bed.”

Honolulu Emergency Services responded at about 11 a.m. and found the bodies of the man and a 3-year-old boy, who were both pronounced dead at the scene.

Thoemmes said police recovered a weapon from the scene and both suffered gunshot wounds with the man appearing to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“It’s a very sad case for the community as well as the family, but that’s all we have about now,” she said.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Thoemmes said.

This breaking news story will be updated as more information is available.