HONOLULU (KAKE) – A 21-year-old Kansas man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing incident on a Hawaiian snorkel tour, police say.
According to the Hawaii Police Department, 21-year-old Avery Nissen of Overland Park, Kansas, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and other related offenses following a stabbing incident aboard a fishing vessel off the Kona coast on Thursday.
Police say officers arrived at 3:21 p.m. Thursday to the Honokōhau Harbor, where a fishing vessel was returning from sea with the victim and suspect of a stabbing incident onboard. Upon arrival, it was reported that the captain of the boat, a 62-year-old male, was attacked with a fillet knife by the suspect, Avery Nissen, while on a three-hour snorkel tour, police said.
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