A peaceful Monday night in Coronado Shores was broken by the wail of police-car and fire-truck sirens after a man and woman were stabbed in an apartment.
Investigators said 911 operators got a call shortly before 9 p.m. from the front desk of one of the high rises about a stabbing incident. Responding officers found two victims in the lobby of 1773 Avenida Del Mundo: a man and woman age 69, both of whom had been stabbed in the neck.
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A short time later, police found the victims’ son, identified as La Mesa resident Adam Nordhues, 40, in the parking lot with a knife, according to Coronado police. The suspect did not surrender peacefully and officers had to use a stun gun twice to get the man to drop the knife so he could be taken into custody, police said.
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Both of the stabbing victims, whose wounds Brennan described as "very serious," were hospitalized after the incident but are expected to make a full recovery.
Coronado police said a motive for the attack was not clear but called it “unprovoked.” Nordhues was visiting his parents at the time.
Coronado PD Sgt. Ryan Brennan said the suspect needed medical care afterward but added that "it is unclear how he sustained those injuries."
Brennan said a crime like a double stabbing — or any stabbing — is rare in the tiny, tiny island community.
"Something like this in Coronado is very unique," Brennan said. "Major crimes such as stabbing do not happen here with any regularity."
Nordhues was booked into San Diego County Jail for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and resisting arrest.
