A former UPMC physician and assistant professor at Pitt was arrested after police in Hawaii stated he tried to push his spouse off a mountaineering path and hit her within the head with a rock.
Honolulu police stated they arrested Gerhardt Konig after a brief chase on foot close to Pali Freeway on Monday night. Earlier within the day, police put out a poster with Konig’s photograph, saying he was needed for tried homicide at Pali Lookout.
Police stated Konig was on Oahu together with his spouse Monday morning when he tried to push her off a path and used a rock to hit her within the head. She was taken to the hospital in crucial situation, police stated, and was capable of inform officers it was her 46-year-old husband who attacked her and left her for lifeless.
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In an replace Monday night, Honolulu police stated Konig was taken into custody and fees are pending.
In line with CBS affiliate KGMB, bail for Konig was set at $5 million.
The Nuʻuanu Pali Lookout is perched over a thousand toes above the Oahu shoreline, providing panoramic views of the Koʻolau cliffs and Windward Coast, in line with gohawaii.com.
What we find out about Gerhardt Konig
Gerhardt Konig was a health care provider with the Anesthesia Medical Group in Hawaii and has since been suspended pending investigation, KGMB reported. He was employed by an impartial contract and supplied medical companies to amenities on Maui, the TV station reported.
Earlier than that, the physician was an anesthesiologist at UPMC and an assistant professor of anesthesiology and bioengineering at Pitt. UPMC stated it hasn’t employed Konig for greater than two years.
KDKA-TV talked to former neighbors and mates who stated Konig labored at UPMC till he moved together with his spouse and two young children to Maui to take his dream job.
Ben Brown lived subsequent door to the Konigs in Mt. Lebanon for a number of years. Whereas he wasn’t notably shut with the couple, he stated they had been pleasant and thought of them good neighbors. He stated he was shocked by the information.
