A 67-year-old man was being held by police Wednes-day after he was arrested in connection with the shoot-ing of a 52-year-old man at Oneula Beach Park in Ewa Beach.
Police arrested the man at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday in Waianae for investigation of second-degree attempted murder. Police said he shot the victim.
Paramedics took the victim to the hospital in serious condition, Emergency Medical Services reported.
50-foot plunge injures Maui opihi picker
A 38-year-old Maui man was in critical condition Wednesday after falling 50 feet while picking opihi, Maui firefighters said.
Firefighters were dispatched at 8:39 a.m. Wednesday to the bottom of Kepani Road in Haiku and found the victim lying face-down between boulders at the water’s edge.
The man was conscious and breathing.
Firefighters said a witness directed rescuers to the victim and said the man had been picking opihi and was climbing along a steep cliff when he fell about 50 feet to the rocks below.
Firefighters airlifted the man by helicopter and took him to a pasture where medics were waiting. He was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center with critical injuries.
Victim in deadly fight was Honolulu man
The city Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday identified a 35-year-old Honolulu man who died Sunday of head injuries after being hospitalized for more than two weeks.
Anthony Corpuz was injured during a fight May 3 near Club Cleopatra at 1095 Dillingham Blvd. An autopsy revealed that Corpuz died of cranial injuries caused by blunt force.
His death was determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office to be a homicide.
Paramedics took Corpuz to a hospital in critical condition following the assault at 4:20 a.m.
Honolulu police classified the case as a second- degree murder investigation, but have not made any arrests.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Mower spark causes 1 of 2 brush fires on Garden Isle
Kauai firefighters battled separate brush fires in Hanamaulu and Anahola on Tuesday.
The first fire occurred at about 4 p.m. on the makai side of Kuhio Highway in Hanamaulu. A man was mowing a pasture when the tractor mower became entangled in barbed wire, causing a spark that started the fire, according to a news release from the Kauai Fire Department.
The fire department said the man, who was not injured, remained at the site to assist firefighters by clearing a firebreak.
A portion of Kapule Highway was temporarily closed while firefighters battled the 70-acre blaze.
Firefighters on Air 1 as well as two private helicopters conducted water drops until nightfall. The brush fire was under control at 7 p.m. and extinguished at 8:30 p.m.
At 9 p.m., firefighters responded to the Anahola brush fire on the mauka side of Kuhio Highway, south of the solar farm.
The department said the 1-acre brush fire occurred in an area that’s used as a dumping ground. Old tires, garbage bags and other items had been disposed of at the site.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze within an hour but they returned at noon Wednesday with Air 1 and a water tender to battle hot spots.
The flare-ups were under control at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Anyone with information on the Anahola fire is asked to call the Kauai Fire Department at 241-1711.
