Two Honolulu Police Department officers were treated at a hospital last night after a 25-year-old man attacked them in Makiki at about 6 :26 p.m.
Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a man “acting erratically ” near Piikoi and S. King streets, according to an HPD social media post. Officers saw the 25-year-old man armed with a knife.
The man tried to run away from police and “entered the roadway.”
“During the initial response, the 25-year-old male assaulted two officers. He was arrested for two counts of Assault Against a Law Enforcement Officer in the First Degree. Both officers were taken to the hospital for treatment, ” a statement said. ”The investigation is ongoing.”
A 40-year-old officer and a 39-year-old officer were injured in the assault. HPD did not immediately make public their conditions.
Josiah Irving Smith, 25, was arrested at 1012 Piikoi Street on suspicion of assaulting the officers. Smith was arrested in May for harassment and in a separate case for misdemeanor theft after allegedly stealing from a 7-Eleven.
He received six months probation for the harassment offense.
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