Hawai‘i Island police are investigating the death of a 30-year-old man after being involved in a fight with his roommates at a vacation rental.
At 2:09 a.m. on Monday, 911 received a call of a man that was unresponsive and not breathing in the 75-5800 block of Walua Road in Kailua-Kona. Upon officers arrival, Hawai‘i Fire Department personnel were performing CPR on the victim. Attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful.
Police say that “a verbal argument between the men escalated and turned physical” but did not disclose further details.
The two roommates were identified as 31-year-old Alexander Germany-Wald, of Boston, Massachusetts, and 37-year-old Benjamin Fleming, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
According to NBC10 in Boston, Germany-Wald works for the prestigious firm Deloitte.
Both men were arrested for manslaughter and are being held at the Kealakehe Police Station cellblock pending further investigation.
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.
