Following a robbery at First Hawaiian Bank Waikīkī branch that included the release of a noxious substance, a suspect has been apprehended, as per an update from the Honolulu Police Department. The incident took place on Monday just after 2:00 p.m., when a male suspect dispersed an unknown substance that caused respiratory and skin irritation among multiple bank employees, requiring medical attention. Preliminary field tests later identified the substance as oleoresin capsicum spray, according to an earlier statement made by the Honolulu Police Department.
Authorities were called to the bank after the suspect, described as a White male between 40 and 50 years old, dressed in a blue aloha-print shirt, beige bucket hat, black sunglasses, blue mask, and blue gloves. Despite the distinctive outfit, he initially managed to escape on foot after carrying out the robbery and creating a hazardous scene, which was promptly contained by responders.
In a social media post by the Honolulu Police Department, the suspect, a 66-year-old male, turned himself in the following day at the Kapolei Federal Building and was arrested by District 8 Crime Reduction Unit officers; they charged him with Robbery in connection with the previous day's event. Further investigation into the matter is being led by the Criminal Investigation Division's Robbery Detail.
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