SEATTLE — Police are investigating a stabbing in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood overnight.
According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), patrol officers responded to a report of a stabbing near Broadway East and East John Street at around midnight.
There, officers found an alert and conscious victim, a 31-year-old man, with a stab wound to the abdomen. Firefighters took him to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.
“Police determined that the incident began over an argument about people sitting on a bench. During the argument, the suspect stabbed the victim with a ‘six-inch kitchen knife’ across from the Dick’s Drive-In,” reported SPD.
The suspect left before police arrived. Police say he may still be armed with a knife and should be considered dangerous.
He is described as a white male in his 50s, with curly, shoulder-length hair, a green and white sweater, and dark pants.
If anyone has information, they are asked to call 911 or the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.
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