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Man who died after stabbing in Kaneohe is identified

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The scene of a stabbing in Kaneohe Tuesday evening.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified today a 55-year-old Kaneohe man who was killed in a stabbing Tuesday night as Darryl Tomita.

The results of an autopsy were not yet available.

Police arrested a 47-year-old Kaneohe man for investigation of second-degree murder shortly after the stabbing on Waikapoki Road. The man was arrested about 6:15 p.m. at Kaneohe Bay Plaza on Kamehameha Highway.

Police said Tomita was stabbed during an argument.

Paramedics treated Tomita and took him to the hospital in extremely critical condition with a stab wound to the back, according to Emergency Medical Services. He later died at the hospital.

The incident happened about 5:25 p.m. in the 45-100 block of Waikapoki Road, the emergency report said.

It was the fifth homicide this year, police said.

One response to “Man who died after stabbing in Kaneohe is identified”

  1. kalaoa says:

    Another example of needing knife control laws

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