PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office says a woman called 911, claiming she stabbed her husband after he threw kittens out of their trailer while they were camping.
The call came in on May 9 around 8:30 p.m.
According to the sheriff’s office, the couple was staying at a campground near the Alta Crystal Resort near Crystal Mountain.
When deputies arrived, they found the 48-year-old man with multiple stab wounds. Fire airlifted him to a nearby hospital.
He was in serious condition.
According to deputies, the two got into a fight about the kittens, and the woman said the man ‘came after her,’ so she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him.
The 47-year-old was booked into jail for assault.
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