A medical professional was arrested on the island of Oahu in Hawaii for purportedly trying to kill his wife on a hike this week.

Dr. Gerhardt Konig, 46, a resident of the island of Maui, was on the trail on Oahu with his wife, 36-year-old nuclear engineer Arielle Konig, Monday when he hit her in the head with a rock and tried to push her off the trail, the Honolulu Police Department said on Facebook.

She’s in the hospital in critical condition.

Dr. Konig was arrested Monday evening along Hawaii Route 61 following a brief chase on foot, HPD said.

Charges of attempted murder against Dr. Konig are pending.

Maui Health, which has indirectly employed him through an unspecified independent agency, said, “Dr. Konig has been suspended from the medical staff pending investigation. … Maui Health takes these concerns and the safety of its patients very seriously and will cooperate with authorities as appropriate,” according to the New York Post.

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