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Waimanalo man dies after fight

A 28-year-old Waimanalo man who was involved in an early- morning fight yesterday in Kahuku died at Castle Medical Center after experiencing breathing problems.

Police said the fight took place on Kamehameha Highway near the shrimp farm in Kahuku between 2 and 3 a.m. and involved a Kahuku man, 36.

Homicide detectives are trying to determine whether the man died from injuries sustained in the fight.

Murder charged in Waikele death

A 24-year-old Kalihi man was charged yesterday with one count of second-degree murder in connection with a shooting Sunday in Waikele.

Moses L. Thompson was being held on $100,000 bail last night. He is accused of shooting Eugene Rios, 31, during a confrontation between Lumiaina and Waipio Uka streets.

Rios was shot once in the neck and pronounced dead at St. Francis-West Medical Center. Police said he was shot during an argument stemming from a traffic altercation.

Search started for fisherman

Fire and police personnel last night searched for a 74-year-old fisherman who was reported missing off the Kahala Mandarin Oriental hotel.

The man was last seen standing in water about 100 yards off the hotel early yesterday evening, said HFD Capt. Kenison Tejada. But the man, who fishes two to three times a week there, failed to return at his usual time of about 6:30 p.m. and his wife called police, Tejada said.

Police found the man's car and some of his fishing gear in the Kahala Beach Park parking lot, but there were no signs of him.