Fisherman died after being speared by swordfish he'd just speared

A charter boat captain and fisherman at Honokohau Harbor died on Friday after he went into the water to spear a swordfish and got impaled, according to the Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources.



Police identified the man as 47-year-old Randy Llanes of Kailua-Kona. DLNR says Llanes spotted the broadbilled swordfish swimming in the harbor. He jumped into the water with a spear gun and speared the fish.



However, the swordfish also impaled Llanes in the upper chest. He was unresponsive when he was pulled from the harbor waters, according to the DLNR.


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Llanes was taken to the Kona Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:30am. Big Island police and DLNR enforcement are investigating the incident. DLNR staff went out to get the swordfish and found it dead.