Honolulu police arrested a 49-year-old man Friday night on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly shot a 41-year-old man in the stomach earlier that day in Maili.
At around 1:50 a.m., the two men, who know each other, got into an argument over the tent space, which ended in gunfire, police said. “The victim was shot multiple times by the suspect,” according to a summary from detectives with the Honolulu Police Department’s homicide unit.
The suspect fled on foot, but was seen getting into a blue Chevy truck and leaving the scene.
The victim left the tent and walked to a bus stop at 87-0021 Farrington Highway. He was treated for a gunshot wound “to the middle of his body” by Emergency Medical Services paramedics and taken to a hospital in serious condition, EMS said.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., HPD officers from the District 8 Crime Reduction Unit located and arrested the suspect in Waianae, police said.
In addition to attempted murder, the suspect was also arrested for possession of a firearm and other weapons offenses.
Charges are still pending with the city’s public prosecutor’s office.
