Maui police officers assaulted while trying to break up large brawl - Hawaii News Now
Maui Police officers responding to reports of a large brawl in Kihei Sunday night were assaulted during the ordeal, police say. Police received numerous calls around midnight Sunday from residents who witnessed a disorderly group of at least 100 people at the Kihei Kalama Village area, also known as “The Triangle”. When police officers arrived, they found large groups yelling and taunting each other from both sides of Keala Street between Foodland and The Triangle. Police officials say that officers tried to break up the crowd, but they were assaulted. The suspects who assaulted the officers fled the scene – one was a man who ran toward the Sansei Restaurant and jumped into a gray Toyota Tacoma with four doors and dark tinted windows. Source: www.hawaiinewsnow.com
