Kapahulu man charged in Ala Moana stabbing death
COURTESY: HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT
Honolulu police released this mugshot of Jacob H. Le, who has been charged with murder for the stabbing death of Brent Kanae.
Honolulu police released this mugshot of Jacob H. Le, who has been charged with murder for the stabbing death of Brent Kanae.
Prosecutors today charged 26-year-old Jacob Le of Kapahulu with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Brent Keola Kanae.
Kanae, 23, also of Kapahulu, was found unconscious and bleeding after being stabbed in a stairwell Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. at Ala Moana Center.
Bail for Le was set at $250,000.
He was arrested Thursday at 3:40 p.m. on suspicion of second-degree murder.
Le lives in an apartment on Cambpell Avenue, and neighbors described him as shy.
The stabbing happened in a stairwell used by employees at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., where Kanae was a line cook.
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