POLICE BEAT
Man, 46, shot at park in Kalihi
Advertiser Staff
Police opened an attempted murder investigation after a 46-year-old man was found early yesterday morning on Piliwai Street in Kalihi Valley bleeding from three bullet wounds.
The man told police he was "hanging around" a neighborhood park when one or two compact cars drove up and opened fire. Police said the man was shot twice in the back and once in the buttocks and was listed in serious condition upon his arrival at The Queen's Medical Center.
Police said the shooting victim managed to walk about halfway down Piliwai Street before he was found by officers responding to a report of gunshots heard in the area.
Pickup injures Hau'ula baby
An 11-month-old Hau'ula boy was seriously injured yesterday morning when his father bumped the boy with a pickup truck as he backed the truck out of the driveway, police said.
The boy was reported in fair condition at Kahuku General Hospital, where he was taken for treatment of a broken leg after the 6:56 a.m. incident.
Son accused of killing his mother
A Hawai'i man is accused of killing his elderly mother Friday night in Arizona, hours after flying in to visit her in Sun City West, the Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Office said.
John V. Fitzgerald, 39, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after deputies said he shot his mother, Margaret Larkin, 74, multiple times with a handgun after an altercation.
The incident occurred about 7:30 p.m. at Larkin's home, said Sgt. Kip Rustenburg, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.
She said deputies found Fitzgerald a few blocks away from his mother's home after Larkin's fiance called 911.
Autopsy set on woman's body
WAILUKU, Maui — Police are hoping an autopsy scheduled for today will provide clues to the identity of a woman whose body was found Sunday at the bottom of a Ha'iku cliff, and indicate how she died.
Police have not found any identification and there are no missing-person reports that match the woman's description, said Lt. Glenn Cuomo of the Maui Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division. The decomposed body of the middle-aged woman was found in the area of Manawai Place. Cuomo said it is not known if she died from a fall off the cliff or whether her body might have been washed there by stream waters. She had been dead for at least several days.
There were no obvious signs of foul play and police have classified the case as a miscellaneous accident. The woman was wearing denim shorts, and X-rays indicated she had a metal rod surgically implanted in her right leg. Anyone with information on the case should call the police non-emergency line at (808) 244-6400.
Wife arrested in knife attack
A 26-year-old Waikiki woman was arrested yesterday morning after she allegedly tried to stab her husband.
The husband, also 26, told police he was arguing with his wife at the couple's apartment about 11:45 p.m. Sunday when she went to the kitchen, returned with a 10-inch knife and began to swing it at him.
Police said the husband was trying to restrain his wife when he received a minor cut to his right index finger. They said the husband was able to take the knife away and call police, who arrested the woman for suspicion of second-degree assault.
Woman's death to be investigated
Police are investigating the death of an 87-year-old Honolulu woman who died at home and whose family took the body to a mortuary before the woman was officially pronounced dead.
The mortuary called the city Department of the Medical Examiner which, in turn, called police.
The woman's body was taken to the city morgue, where investigators found indications of possible elderly neglect and notified police.
Woman held in attack with car
A 29-year-old woman was arrested yesterday after someone hit a 42-year-old woman with a car in Ma'ili.
Police said the women got into an argument about 3:30 p.m. when the older woman walked away. But the younger woman chased after the other woman in a car and hit her at Farrington Highway near Keliikipi Street, police said.
The older woman suffered a dislocated hip and a concussion and was in stable condition last night at The Queen's Medical Center. Police arrested the 29-year-old woman, who was being held last night on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder.
