Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a homicide investigation following a Hilo incident that left an elderly couple dead. 
 
Yesterday morning, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a disturbance at a Makalika Street residence where they determined that two elderly persons, later identified as 68 year old Jeffrey Yoshio Takamine and Carla Kayoko Takamine, of Hilo, were deceased.  Officers also discovered a 28-year-old male who received potentially life-threatening stab wound injuries to his head.  The 28-year-old victim was transported via ambulance to Hilo Medical Center where he was treated for multiple lacerations to his head and was subsequently released.

The responsible, later identified as 21-year-old Joshua Ho, who is the grandson of the deceased victims, was being restrained by family members and arrested without incident.

Ho was taken to Hilo Medical Center for lacerations to his hands. Following treatment, he was taken to the Hilo police cellblock.       
 
Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section responded to the scene and are continuing this investigation, which is classified as a first-degree murder.
 
Upon execution of a search warrant of the residence, the scene will be processed, and the deceased will be taken to Hilo Medical Center for official pronouncement of death. Autopsies for the victims are  to determine the exact cause of death are scheduled for today.