Detectives are investigating a stabbing Friday in Ocean View that critically injured a 36-year-old man.
Detectives are investigating a stabbing Friday in Ocean View that critically injured a 36-year-old man.
Around 7: 30 p.m. Friday, Ka‘u patrol officers responded to a residence on Sea Breeze Parkway after receiving numerous calls for an active domestic disturbance between a man and a woman, the Hawaii Police Department said in a statement. Upon arrival, officers observed the victim, a 36-year-old man, with an apparent stab wound to his upper left chest. The victim reported that he was stabbed by his neighbor, a 68-year-old man. The 36-year-old was transported to Kona Community Hospital in critical condition.
Police say that the 68-year-old man, upon hearing the domestic disturbance and a woman’s voice in distress, went to investigate and intervened in the domestic incident. A physical altercation ensued, which led to the 68-year-old man being struck in the head with a blunt object and the 36-year-old man being stabbed.
The stabbing victim was listed in stable condition Monday. The 68-year-old man declined medical attention.
Detectives are continuing this investigation and are asking anyone who may have information about this incident to contact Detective Donovan Kohara of the Area II Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 326-4646, ext. 238, or email at donovan.kohara@hawaiicounty.gov or call the police department’s nonemergency number at (808) 935-3311.
