Police arrest man, 33, for stabbing outside Keeaumoku Walmart

Honolulu police today arrested a 33-year-old man suspected of a stabbing Saturday evening outside the Walmart store on Keeaumoku Street and in a separate terroristic threat case earlier that night.

Police Lt. Deena Thoemmes said officers arrested the suspect this afternoon on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree terroristic threatening.

She said that around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, the man had a knife and threatened to kill a security guard who asked him to leave private property in the Ward Avenue area. The guard ran away and called the police. He provided officers with a description of the suspect and the weapon, Thoemmes said.

Around 9:55 p.m. Saturday, a man matching the same description allegedly attempted to rob a 32-year-old man, stabbing the victim in the chest with a kitchen knife outside the Keeaumoku Walmart. The suspect fled but Thoemmes said officers found a backpack and a knife at the Keeaumoku crime scene.

A Walmart spokesperson later identified the victim as a store employee.

Thoemmes said today the victim remains in hospital in critical condition.

Police filed a complaint with the Honolulu District Attorney's Office. The suspect has a criminal record but it does not include violent crimes, Thoemmes said.