HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR051718ManincustodyafterfatalstabbingBERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
COUNTY OF KAUA`I
KAUA`I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: May 17, 2018
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Man in custody after fatal stabbing
LIHU`E — Louis Landsman, age 34, was arrested on Thursday for Murder in the Second
Degree, after he stabbed and killed a woman at First Hawaiian Bank in Lihu`e.
The victim has been identified as Charlene Landsman, age 68, of Kapa`a.
According to preliminary reports, the man walked into the bank at approximately 1:15
p.m. and approached the woman, believed to be his mother and an employee of the bank, and
fatally stabbed her. He then fled the scene on foot.
Police, firefighters, and medics responded to the scene. Medics transported the woman
to Wilcox Hospital in critical condition, where she was pronounced dead.
A short time later, the suspect was located in the bank parking lot where police
apprehended him and took him into custody.
Louis Landsman remains in police cellblock. Bail has not yet been set.
This case remains under police investigation.
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