A suspect surrendered in Ewa Beach tonight after an apparent road rage incident on H-1 freeway that closed part of the freeway during rush hour and left three men with stab wounds, one of them with critical injuries.

Police had surrounded the Halolani Street home, which is apparently the home of the stabbing suspect, for more than two hours. A Halolani Street resident said at about 8 p.m. that the man had surrendered, but police were still at the scene investigating.

Another Halolani Street resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said at about 6 p.m. that an officer told him to stay inside because the suspect may have firearms.

He said it wasn’t the first time his neighbor had trouble with police and the man was the subject of a police barricade situation about three years ago. He said some residents fear the man because he swears at people and appears to have an anger management problem.

“I don’t like living like this,” he said. “Nobody likes him on this street.”

Police reopened all lanes by 8:19 p.m. About a half hour after, traffic was still heavy and backed up through Aiea.

Police shut down two Waianae-bound lanes near the Kunia off-ramp to investigate after the incident happened about 3:20 p.m.

Traffic was backed up to the Moanalua area and drive time from the Pali Highway to Kunia Road was estimated at more than two hours.

Shayne Enright, spokeswoman for the city’s Emergency Services Department, said paramedics responded to stabbing and treated two men.

Paramedics transported a 22-year-old man to a hospital in critical condition with three stab wounds to the abdomen and other areas. Also, they took a 23-year-old man to a hospital in serious condition, with a stab wound to his arm.

A witness who only gave his first name, Charles, said he noticed a white sedan and a red Camaro pull up on the left shoulder of the freeway. He saw two men get out of the white car and one man step out of the Camaro. The men from the white car chased after and punched the Camaro’s driver.

Charles said he pulled over to help and another driver in a BMW had also stopped.

He said the BMW’s driver had approached the group to help, but returned and told Charles the driver of the red Camaro had stabbed him in the hand and stabbed the other two men. He said the BMW driver drove himself to the hospital.

Charles jumped into his vehicle and tried to pursue the Camaro, but the driver sped away with a female passenger.

Charles said he recognized the driver from another incident last week.

He said in that incident the driver was driving the same Camaro about 30 mph Waianae-bound on H-1 during rush hour traffic and drivers behind were honking. He said the Camaro was near the Moanalua freeway merge and Charles drove up alongside the car to get a look at the driver.

He said it was the same man in the incident today.

The Halolani Street resident who said the suspect had a previous run-in with police said Monday night that the red Camaro was at the house that police had surrounded. He said the woman in the Camaro was likely the man’s wife.

He said suspect has told people he is a military veteran. In the previous barricade situation, a police SWAT team responded after officers were trying to restrain the man, who was carrying a firearm, but he ran into his home. He said police eventually detained the man.

“It’s like nothing happened,” he said. “He’s back to his normal self.”