A 50-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly stabbed his father in the forearm during a fight.

At 12:20 a.m. yesterday, the man and his younger brother got into a fight in their Honolulu home.

The man then grabbed a kitchen knife, police said. Before he could attack his younger brother, their 76-year-old father tried to intervene and was stabbed in the forearm, police said.

Officers responding to a call of a domestic disturbance arrested the 50-year-old on suspicion of second-degree assault.

The father was treated at the scene and released.

GUNFIRE LEADS POLICE TO CONVICTED FELON

A 44-year-old Kaimuki man was arrested yesterday after he was caught allegedly shooting guns in a residential neighborhood.

Patrol officers responded to a call of shots fired at a Kaimuki home at 9:22 last night and found the man in his backyard with a shotgun.

The officers also found several other guns and ammunition at the home and soon learned the man was a convicted felon.

He was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangerment, being a felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful storage of a weapon.

PRISON ESCAPEE CAPTURED AFTER CAR BREAK-IN

A 38-year-old prison escapee from the Laumaka work furlough program was arrested yesterday after he tried to break into a car.

At 2:20 p.m. yesterday, witnesses in Waimanalo saw the man trying to break into the car of a 61-year-old woman.

The witnesses tried to detain the man but he ran.

Responding patrol officers found the man and arrested him. During a search of the man, officers learned he was an escapee.

Officers also found several credit cards on him that belonged to other people.