Police: Man arrested after robbery, stabbing in Beacon Hill

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a man Wednesday after a stabbing during a robbery in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.

At about 12:30 p.m., a man was trying to shoplift items from a store in the 2300 block of Rainier Avenue South, investigators said.

According to police, store employees confronted the man.

During a fight, the man stabbed an employee in the leg and ran away from the scene.

The 40-year-old victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers searched the area for the man and an officer spotted him near Jose Rizal Park.

Investigators said the man ran onto I-5, got off and was taken into custody under I-5 at Dearborn.

The 31-year-old man was booked into the King County Jail.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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