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Published 10:30 10 Aug 2026 GMT
A college swimmer has been accused of killing a security guard at a Hawaiian resort, allegedly using a five-gallon water bottle as a weapon during the attack.
Legend Storer, a 20-year-old former student-athlete at Concordia University Irvine in California, has been charged in connection with the death of 63-year-old security guard Michael Dyer at the Sands of Kahana resort in Maui on August 7, according to Hawaii News Now.
Surveillance footage allegedly showed Storer, who was naked at the time, approaching the resort's security office at around 1:45 a.m.
Dyer was reportedly inside the office eating during his lunch break when Storer allegedly forced his way inside and attacked him with the large water container.
“He was a great person and he was just in his office having a cheeseburger on his lunch break. And he had a wife that’s a waitress at Leilani’s,” Dyer’s coworker Bell Hill told the outlet.
“It’s horrible.”
Police say Storer then managed to leave the resort without being immediately detected.
Around two hours later, officers were called about a naked man behaving strangely in a nearby neighborhood. Residents said they had heard disturbing screams during the night.
Gina Lombardi told Hawaii News Now: “I heard a man screaming like Jesus stuff. ‘Jesus loves you. Jesus is me. I am Jesus.’
"Really crazy and over and over and over. He probably screamed it like 15 times.”
Officers eventually located Storer, who was reportedly suffering from multiple abrasions, and took him to hospital for medical evaluation.
Meanwhile, police had been called to the resort at approximately 5:30am after receiving a report of an unresponsive individual.
They found Dyer inside the property and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators later reviewed surveillance footage from the resort, which allegedly linked Storer to the fatal attack.
Court records show Storer was charged with second-degree murder, burglary with a dangerous instrument and indecent exposure.
He pleaded not guilty during a court hearing on Friday and was denied bail. He remains in custody at the Maui Community Correctional Center.
District Court Judge Christopher Dunn said: “At this time, I can’t think of any combination of conditions that would reasonably ensure the appearance of the defendant or ensure the safety of the community.”
Storer spent one year at Concordia University Irvine before transferring to the University of Hawaii.
Before attending university, he had established himself as a successful swimmer at Maui Preparatory Academy, where his athlete biography states that he was a two-time Maui Interscholastic champion.
His charges could potentially carry additional consequences because of legislation passed in Hawaii in 2021 that increased penalties for crimes committed against kupuna, a term referring to people aged 60 and over, according to Hawaii News Now.
