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Officers were responding to reports of a man walking in the middle of traffic on Farrington Highway. The knife had a 2 to 3-inch blade that police say was thrown at HPD before they opened fire.
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Officers arrested the 29-year-old man on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder around 9 p.m. Friday in the Nimitz area. Police said the 25-year-old woman was attacked with a chemical that burned her skin and clothes.
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Senate Bill 2003 would have also ensured that all full-time officers receive crisis intervention training related to interaction with people with mental disabilities.
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The islandwide police chase of an armed suspect on Oʻahu on New Year's Day has prompted calls to the City and County of Honolulu to permit more access to first responders' radio communications. Local news outlets and the public lost access to real-time communications two years ago when the city encrypted dispatcher radio transmissions. HPR's Mark Ladao has more.
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The crash happened on a busy Honolulu street before noon on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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Klarissa Lopez, 25, was drunk and distracted when she caused a crash on the H-1 Freeway that killed a visitor from Texas and severely injured another.
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Court records show the subject of an islandwide manhunt New Year’s Day in Hawaiʻi was a felon barred from owning the high-powered rifle he used to open fire on Honolulu police in a shootout that left two officers wounded and the suspect dead. Sidney Tafokitau was accused of shooting a woman and carjacking another woman at gunpoint before leading officers on a chase around Oʻahu.
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Two Honolulu police officers who underwent surgery after being shot on New Year's Day are expected to recover, according to Mayor Rick Blangiardi.
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Two Honolulu police officers are hospitalized and a shooting suspect is dead following a dramatic day-long manhunt Monday around parts of Oʻahu, from Kapahulu to the North Shore and back to the Mānoa area.
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In an effort to enhance public safety, law enforcement on Oʻahu will increase patrols in specific areas and has opened up an illegal fireworks tip line.