SEATTLE — Police officers said there were three unrelated knife attacks over the weekend in the Belltown, Downtown and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle.
The first happened Saturday around 4:15 p.m. when officers were called to Bell Street at Second Avenue. Officers arrived to find a man with several stab wounds to his upper body.
The 52-year-old victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Using descriptions given by witnesses, officers found the suspect several blocks away. The 19-year-old man was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of first-degree assault.
His car was seized so it could be searched for evidence.
The second stabbing happened Sunday around 2:08 p.m. in the 1400 block of Third Avenue.
Police arrived and gave medical aid to two men who had stab wounds in their backs.
Seattle Fire Department medics arrived and took the 31-year-old and 42-year-old victims to Harborview Medical Center.
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According to the victims and witnesses, the two victims had been in the hallway of an apartment building in 1400 block of Third Avenue when a man who lived there began yelling at them to leave.
He then showed a knife, and as the two men turned to leave, he stabbed both of them in the back.
The 46-year-old man was arrested and booked into the King County Jail for investigation of two counts of first-degree assault.
The last attack happened around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, when police were called to the Capitol Hill light rail station.
Officers spoke to a 27-year-old man who was bleeding from a significant cut to his face.
The victim told them he had seen the suspect on the light rail tracks smashing a guitar and yelled at him to get off the tracks.
The suspect then confronted the victim and slashed him with a knife before running up the escalators.
Police searched the area but the suspect was not found. Officers said they will review footage from the light rail surveillance system as the investigation continues.
The victim took a private vehicle to be treated for his wound.
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