A 34-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after an apparent stabbing in Waipahu Wednesday evening, and as of Thursday morning, Honolulu police had not identified or arrested anyone in connection with the attack. The investigation remains active.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services and Honolulu Police Department officers responded to the man at 94-508 Farrington Hwy. after 6 p.m. on October 14, according to KITV. The man had suffered an apparent stab wound, and EMS treated him at the scene before he was taken to an emergency room in serious condition. Honolulu police have since opened an investigation into what they're treating as an attempted murder.
No suspect description or motive has been released, and the station's report does not detail the circumstances that led up to the stabbing. Investigators have not said whether the victim knew the person who attacked him.
A Familiar Stretch of Farrington Highway
This is not the first violent stabbing to strike Waipahu this year. In August, Honolulu police arrested a 28-year-old man on a second-degree assault charge after he allegedly stabbed a 27-year-old man in Waipahu on a Sunday afternoon, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. That suspect remained in custody pending the investigation, according to the same report. In an earlier case, a 20-year-old man was left in serious condition after a reported stabbing in Waipahu, with first responders treating him for a possible stab wound to his upper body before he was taken to the hospital, per a separate KITV account.
What the Broader Crime Data Shows
Zooming out, overall violent crime on Oʻahu actually fell 24% between 2019 and 2024, and aggravated assaults dropped 19% over that same stretch with 238 fewer assaults reported in 2024 than in 2019, according to Honolulu Police Department data cited by Civil Beat. Murders, however, moved in the opposite direction islandwide, climbing from 17 in 2019 to 31 in 2024. In HPD District 3, which covers the Pearl City area from Red Hill to Village Park and includes Waipahu, murders rose more modestly, from two in 2019 to three in 2024, Civil Beat reported.
Anyone with information about Wednesday's stabbing is asked to contact 911, Crime Stoppers at 808-955-8300, or any police station. KITV has said it will release more information as the story develops.
