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Suspect, 18, arrested for first-degree robbery after struggle with couple in Honolulu

An 18-year-old man was arrested on Piikoi Street Friday afternoon for first-degree robbery after allegedly attempting to hold a couple at gunpoint.

The Honolulu Police Department reported that the robbery took place at on July 3 at 11:45 p.m. when the suspect approached a husband and wife, both 33 years old, and demanded their phone. The husband and the suspect “struggled” with each other when the suspect appeared to be “pulling out a handgun from his waistband,” HPD said.

The husband sustained unspecified injuries, and the suspect fled.

Police arrested the suspect 5:15 p.m. Friday on Piikoi Street. His bail has been set at $500.

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