HPD: Father killed wife, 3 children in Manoa home before fatally stabbing himself

and first tonight a heart-wrenching story out of monoa that's where Honolulu police are investigating a family tragedy that left five people dead including a teenager and two children police confirmed officers made the discovery the second time they've responded to the wa aloa home this morning we're told the suspect was among those killed our Eddie Dal joins us live from HPD it's more that's right Allison we just got out this press conference with Honolulu police where uh you know it's not ever

y day where we cover something quite like this now hbd says according to the preliminary investigation it appears the husband of this Manoa family killed allegedly killed his wife and three children using a knife but taking his own life right now hbd says the motive is still undetermined police cars alongside multiple units from the Honolulu medical examiner's office line while aloa place in upper monoa Sunday morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. today officers responded to a monoa home where they

found five deceased individuals an adult male an adult female and three juveniles 17-year-old 12-year-old and a 10-year-old their identities will be released by the medical examiner's office the call was because a witness reported hearing an argument earlier in the morning based on the evidence found at the scene and the investig thus far it appears that the adult male killed the female and the juveniles with a knife that was recovered from the scene the motive is still under investigation I di

dn't go inside the scene I was there more as a a comfort and a a moral support for the officers uh and talking to the officers that initially went into the scene uh to talk to them to ensure they're you know um mentally physically fit to continue their job which they are um but really just to talk talk to them and get a feeling for what they saw and a and a way for them to to talk to me and and a way to um for them to to take some of that weight off their shoulders that they witnessed as they we

nt into that scene neighbors tell us the family had lived on the top floor of this home for about a decade adding they would often see the family's children outside playing along this quiet street and when you found out which family it was what was your reaction no way they're like like a typical really festive family you know they dress up house for holidays and it's all normal one Manoa resident who often walks by the home but did not want to go on camera told us she noticed a change within th

e last year yeah I noticed in the past year or so that there haven't been Christmas decorations Halloween decorations like normal um which seemed kind of odd as they always did festive a chaplain along with volunteers from hpd's peer Unit were on scene to provide support to responding officers and we have been told by HPD that counseling services will be available to those officers who arrived on scene reporting live in Honolulu Eddie Dow Hawaii news now law enforcement experts say cases like th

is are very rare adding the greatest risk factor are prior instances of domestic violence look at past history for U domestic violence whether trro was issued um whether it was any type of Separation order that was being violated um a lot to uncover if we know it's not a weapon like a a gun then um normally would go into backround on the weapon in this case uh they won't have to do that but uh interview all the neighbors uh family members look at all the um social media look at the uh computers

with the home to see if there's any evidence of uh type of uh reaching out for help or some type of uh things of that nature the CEO of the domestic violence Action Center says it's important people recognize the warning signs of abuse all too often we minimize the domestic violence or we minimize the abuse that may be happening in a family so as neighbors we might hear shouting or arguing and sometimes we we give you know we just don't do anything about it because it's a private matter but um o

f often times we can reach out on some level to the children or the family members to uh perhaps get them information that they might need if they are a loved one is going through are going through uh abuse or domestic violence um the the thing I would say is it don't minimize take it seriously if you're not sure just if you or someone you know is experiencing abuse help is available you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1 1800799 safe or text the word start to 88 788