Police ID Honokaa drowning victim

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Police identified a man who drowned Friday after being swept into the ocean while picking opihi at Kawela’s Beach near Honokaa as 27-year-old James McGivern Jr. of Paauilo.

Police identified a man who drowned Friday after being swept into the ocean while picking opihi at Kawela’s Beach near Honokaa as 27-year-old James McGivern Jr. of Paauilo.

An autopsy found that McGivern’s death was an accidental drowning, police said.