Maui safety guard overwhelmed to dying; champion swimmer charged with homicide

LAHAINA (HawaiiNewsNow) – A champion swimmer was charged Thursday, accused of beating a 63-year-old safety guard to dying at a West Maui condominium advanced.

Maui Police Department officers recognized the sufferer Thursday as Michael Dyer of Lahaina.

Legend Storer, 20, additionally of Lahaina, was charged Thursday with second-degree homicide, first-degree housebreaking, and indecent publicity.

He stays in custody with out bail, police mentioned.

Slain guard remembered as household man, ‘great person’

Police mentioned surveillance video confirmed a unadorned man, later recognized as Storer, attacking Dyer in his workplace at about 1:45 a.m.

Those who knew the safety guard expressed shock over the violence.

Coworker Bell Hill mentioned Dyer was married with kids, and was merely having lunch when the assault occurred.

“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 and kids and his whole family lost him. It’s horrible,” Hill mentioned.

Suspect recognized as former Maui Prep champion

Police mentioned officers discovered Storer wandering within the space bare with quite a few abrasions round 3:30 a.m.

He was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center for an analysis.

Police later linked him to the surveillance footage and arrested him.

Storer was listed as a freshman on Concordia University Irvine’s 2024-25 men’s swim and dive roster.

According to the college, he graduated from Maui Preparatory Academy in 2024, the place he was a two-time Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) champion.

Neighbors elevate security issues

Kahana resident Claudia Reed mentioned she heard “a lot of screaming and commotion.”

The incident has left her and different neighbors feeling insecure in their very own properties.

“I feel very unsafe,” Reed mentioned. “The 15 years that I live here, I’m by myself.”