Death in Honolulu

by HOMELESS PEOPLE'S NETWORK

HONOLULU (AP) _ Police opened a homicide investigation Saturday after the death of a homeless man found injured in Waikiki.

The 48-year-old man was discovered shortly after 6 a.m. in an alley near Seaside Avenue by firefighters responding to a small rubbish fire, police said.

Firefighters found the man lying unconscious about five feet from the fire, which burned his wheelchair. The man died a short time later at The Queen's Medical Center.

The man had head and facial wounds, and police said he appeared to have been beaten.

The man was well-known to Waikiki beat officers, who believe he may have been sleeping in the alley.