Sex assault leaves community on edge
Some area residents and homeless service providers in Kalihi-Palama are on edge after police made arrests in the sexual assault of a 50-year-old homeless woman by several men in a derelict bus.
“It really is traumatic in so many ways,” said Jill Wright, director of philanthropy and community relations at the Institute for Human Services.
The nonprofit organization provides comprehensive services for homeless people and operates shelters on Oahu, including a women’s shelter where the victim reportedly fled to seek help on the night of the assault.
