HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Three stabbings investigated
Advertiser Staff
A 26-year-old man stabbed late Saturday night in Waimalu was in critical condition yesterday at The Queen's Medical Center.
The stabbing was reported to police at 10:50 p.m.
According to police, the injured man was among a group of people who confronted a 37-year-old man about driving recklessly on Kaluamoi Drive. The man was allegedly stabbed by the motorist during an ensuing argument.
Police arrested the motorist for second-degree attempted murder.
Police were also investigating two other stabbings, one in Wai'anae and the other in Kalihi.
A woman, 28, allegedly stabbed her husband, 25, in the lower back with a kitchen knife during an argument yesterday about 3:30 a.m. in Wai'anae. The man was hospitalized at Queen's while his wife was arrested for second-degree attempted murder.
Police also arrested a 56-year-old man for second-degree assault for allegedly stabbing another man, 26, yesterday at 12:20 a.m. on the 1800 block of Kalani Street in Kalihi. The man arrested reportedly was angered over fireworks play.
WAIKIKI
MEN ALLEGEDLY BRANDISHED GUNS
Five men were arrested early yesterday for allegedly threatening a man with assault rifles during a traffic dispute in Waikiki.
A 23-year-old man filed a complaint with police alleging the men brandished three assault rifles and threatened other motorists behind them at an unnamed parking structure near Kuhio and Seaside avenues at 3:40 a.m. One of the men allegedly fired a shot into the air, police said.
The men left the scene but witnesses provided police with the license plate of a car.
Police found the suspects at a hotel on Kalia Road and arrested them for investigation at 4:40 a.m. on four firearms counts, two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, first-degree reckless endangering and third-degree promotion of dangerous drugs.
The suspects are 21 to 24 years old.
