KENT, Wash. — The Kent Police Department (KPD) says a 26-year-old man was killed in a stabbing early Saturday morning.
At around 12:30 a.m., officers responded to an apartment complex on South 257th Place and found a man injured with a stab wound in the parking lot.
KPD says the man was awake but couldn’t speak and officers treated him at the scene before medics took over.
He was brought to a local hospital but died during surgery, according to police.
Kent Police are investigating the incident as a homicide and ask anyone with time-sensitive information to call the non-emergency dispatch line at 253-852-2121 or if you know the identity or location of the suspect, call 911.
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