Overview

• An unidentified assailant threw sulfuric acid at a 30-year-old man in Honolulu’s Chinatown shortly after 10 p.m. Friday.
• Emergency responders transported the victim to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition with severe burns.
• Police describe the suspect as a roughly six-foot-tall man wearing a blue fitted shirt, a do-rag, and carrying a red bottle.
• The Honolulu Police Department has classified the case as first-degree assault and is investigating any potential hate crime element.
• Detectives are canvassing the scene, reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses as the suspect remains at large.