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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 5:55 p.m., Thursday, July 17, 2008

Man injured in Kauai fight dies

Advertiser Staff

A man injured in a fight yesterday on Kaua'i died about five hours later at Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital.

Kaua'i police identified the man as Jerry Walto, 56, of Hanapepe and formerly of Murrieta, Calif.

Walto was injured in a 2:30 p.m. fight with a 46-year-old man in a parking lot behind Bank of Hawai'i in Hanapepe. An autopsy will try to determine cause and manner of death.

Anyone who may have witnessed the fight can call Det.Todd Tanaka at 241-1694, police dispatch at 241-1711, or Kaua'i CrimeStoppers at 241-1887.