Suspect arrested after man arrives at hospital with apparent gunshot wound

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu police arrested a 33-year-old man Thursday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder.

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The Honolulu Police Department opened an attempted murder investigation after a 31-year-old man was reportedly dropped off at the Queens’s Medical Center in West Oahu with an apparent gunshot wound earlier in the week.

According to initial police reports, the two men were involved in an altercation on Papipi Road in Ewa Beach when the suspect reportedly threatened to kill the victim.

The suspect then allegedly shot the victim and fled the scene in a vehicle.

A weapon was recovered and identified as a compressed-air pellet rifle.

Police say the injured man arrived at Queen’s from Ewa Beach on Tuesday at 4:53 a.m., with a wound to the torso.

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The victim was immediately transported to Queens’s Medical Center in Punchbowl in serious condition for further treatment.

Shortly before 1:30 p.m., on Thursday, the suspect surrendered and was arrested, according to HPD.

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Charges are pending.