Categories: U.S.

Hawaiian fast-food worker fatally stabbed during altercation with customer: reports

close Video

Kamala Harris slammed for avoiding crime during sit-down interview with CNN

Asians Making America Great Again President Mike Zhao and co-founder Holly Ham joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss how Harris’ soft-on-crime record impacts the Asian American vote.

A 60-year-old man was arrested in Hawaii on Sunday after allegedly stabbing and killing a Wendy’s employee, while seriously injuring another, according to reports.

The Honolulu Police Department’s arrest logs show that Reynaldo Cheney was charged with murder and criminal contempt of court.

Hawaii News Now reported that the Honolulu Police Department said the incident happened just before 10 a.m. on Sunday at a Wendy’s on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli.

Police confirmed with the station that the suspect, later identified as Cheney, was a customer and the other two people involved were employees of the fast-food restaurant.

FORMER CIA OFFICER ACCEPTED GIFTS FROM CHINA FOR TOP SECRET INFO, SENTENCED TO PRISON

Honolulu police responded to a Wendy’s in Nanakuli on Sunday after two men were stabbed, one of whom later died of his injuries. (RONEN ZILBERMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Police said Cheney was moving furniture when a 22-year-old employee approached him and asked him to stop moving the furniture.

The back and forth between the employee and the patron escalated after the suspect allegedly called the employee a derogatory name, police said.

As the two argued, a 44-year-old employee reportedly intervened and escorted the man out of the restaurant, where the argument continued.

WOMAN, CHILD, TORTOISE, CAT RESCUED FROM SAILBOAT OFFSHORE HAWAII

FILE – A man was charged with murder after a fast-food employee was stabbed to death at a Wendy’s in Hawaii.  (iStock)

At one point, police said, the 22-year-old employee punched the man, who retaliated by stabbing both employees, police said.

Both employees were tended to on the scene and transported to a nearby hospital. The 22-year-old employee later died from his injuries.

Fox News Digital has reached out to both the Honolulu Police Department and Cotti Foods, which owns the Wendy’s where the incident happened.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“The safety of our customers and employees is our highest priority, and we are deeply shocked and saddened by this senseless and tragic incident,” Cotti Foods told Hawaii News Now. “We are focused on working with law enforcement on their investigation and providing support and counseling resources to our restaurant team members at this time.”

Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.

Story tips and can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.

Share

Recent Posts

More than 30 dead in Brazil bus and truck collision

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for December 21 Fox News Flash top headlines…

1 hour ago

Rockin’ around the congressional Christmas tree

"Rockin' around the Christmas treeAt the Christmas party hop" – Brenda Lee It’s a yuletide…

2 hours ago

Trump nominates TV producer, creator of ‘The Apprentice,’ to serve in new administration

President-elect Trump announced Saturday he has tapped the creator of "The Apprentice" to serve a…

4 hours ago

Lawmakers react to stopgap funding and averting government shutdown

As the dust settles on Congress frantically passing a stopgap bill at the eleventh hour…

6 hours ago

Trump nominates pair to help lead DOJ, announces Federal Railroad Administration pick

President-elect Trump dropped his latest round of nominations Saturday afternoon, naming two picks to help…

6 hours ago

President Biden signs stopgap funding bill into law, narrowly averting shutdown

The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law…

8 hours ago