Police seek witnesses to Kalihi robbery

Advertiser Staff

Honolulu police are asking for the public's help in finding two men who witnessed a robbery Tuesday in Kalihi.

A woman in her 40s was walking on North King Street near Gulick Avenue when a man ran up from behind and grabbed her black handbag, police said. The suspect then fled in the mauka direction on Gulick.

Police said a man attempted to stop the robber, but was pushed away. Another man in a white van followed the suspect to Kalihi Waena Elementary School. But police said both witnesses left before officers arrived.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Detective Taro Nakamura at 529-3382, or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.