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A man reportedly in his 30s was killed Wednesday in a stabbing
near a bridge in the Kaimuki area,
police said.
First responders received a 911 call at around noon Wednesday from a witness of a stabbing at a section of the Manoa-Palolo drainage canal that runs under Kapiolani Boulevard.
The Honolulu Police Department
reported that two men had been
arguing when one stabbed the other
in the chest with a knife. Honolulu Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived at the scene and treated the man, but he was pronounced
dead after being taken to a nearby
hospital.
The victim has not yet been
identified.
The suspect, a 43-year-old man, was seen running across Kapiolani Boulevard with a knife after the incident. Police located and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree murder at Kaimuki High School and later recovered the weapon used in the stabbing.
The men apparently knew each other, police said.
Police closed a portion of two
westbound lanes on Kapiolani Boulevard for several hours during their
investigation.
About 20 or so people, including the victim and the suspect, reside under the bridge, according to one of the residents, who asked not to be identified.
The victim reportedly had moved to Hawaii about a year ago and had no family in the state.