Prosecutors charge man, 18, in Waikiki beating death
CRAIG T. KOJIMA/CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Lionel J. Winebush charged in connection with the beating death of a 21-year-old man in Waikiki during the early morning hours of Dec. 6.
Prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old man in connection with Tuesday’s beating death of a 21-year-old man in Waikiki.
Lionel J. Winebush appeared before Judge Tracy Fukui at Honolulu District Court via video conference from the courthouse cellblock this morning after prosecutors charged him Sunday with second-degree murder.
His bail is set at $500,000.
Honolulu police said the victim, identified in court documents as Tony Taki, was sitting at a bus stop when a group of males approached him at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday.
A “physical altercation” occurred, police said, and Taki fled mauka on Seaside Avenue while being pursued by the suspects.
The suspects caught up to the victim and assaulted him with a “blunt-type object,” police added.
The victim became unresponsive and the suspects fled. Taki was taken to The Queen’s Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Honolulu police officers with the District 6 Crime Reduction Unit arrested Winebush in the Punahou area at about 6 p.m. Friday on suspicion of second-degree murder.
