Seattle Police say a person found Saturday morning in the 100 block of 13th Ave E with a stab wound suffered life threatening injuries.
UPDATE 5:55 PM: SPD says the man has died of his injuries and are asking for anybody with information to help the investigation by calling the tip line at 206-684-5300.
UPDATE 3/21/2022 10:30 AM: SPD says there remains very limited information they can share about the investigation at this point but a spokesperson said it is believed the man was attacked and stabbed and that the injury was likely not the result of accident or self-inflicted. The incident does not appear to have been a robbery though a dog reportedly belonging to the victim was not immediately found.
According to SPD and East Precinct radio reports, the male victim was reportedly seen around 8:30 AM running down the street before collapsing in a doorway where he was treated by Seattle Fire and rushed to the hospital. Police say he had been heard yelling for assistance.
Detectives investigating a reported stabbing in the 100 block of 13 Ave E. Victim transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries. More information when available.
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) March 19, 2022
There was no have further information about a location for a scene of an assault or a suspect description. Police were reported checking the area around a nearby 7-11 where a male had been reported in a possible mental crisis previous to the incident. Police were also on the search for a greyhound puppy, reported missing by the victim.
Seattle Fire said a man in his 30s was transported to Harborview in critical condition from the scene.
The stabbing is the second murder SPD is investigating on Capitol Hill this month. Brent Wood, 31, was found beaten to death on the pavement behind the Broadway Rite Aid around 12:30 AM on Thursday, March 3rd. SPD has not announced an arrest in the case.
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Terrible way to go…
This is very tragic and disturbing. I hope we can learn more about what happened and the investigation soon.
Crime was way worse in the 90s.
Typical BS respond to the concerning increase in crime across Seattle. But it was even worse 30 years ago! Violent crime rates in the 90s were high but also declining year over year. Capitol Hill also was not a center of violence in the 90s. Gun violence (gangs) was in the CD and south end, not Capitol Hill. Capitol Hill was way safer in the 90s. It was eclectic and bohemian, but did not have dangerous deranged people, drug addicts and drug dealers fighting for turf on every corner like today.
Moved here in 94. No crime was absolutely not worse then. I never worried about being randomly stabbed or assaulted back then…. Now it seems to happen every few days.
Instead, you got shot. Remember drive-by shootings? Those were fun.
It was worse, not in absolute numbers but per capita. And there was less media covering it, so you never got the feeling it was that bad. And you didn’t have social media reinforcing the badness.
I bet most of the “sky is falling” crowd read this article on every website in the area and write the same comments. They’re immersing themselves in it, so of course they’re going to believe it’s worse than it is.
Nope…. There were definitely not drive by shootings every few days, certainly not on Capitol Hill or Downtown and when there were shootings they generally had a target, and weren’t just some person with mental problems hurting someone at random. This is different and you are sticking your head in the sand at best, gaslighting at worst when you deny it. No, I never worried about being shot here in the 90…
I lived here in the 90s. Seattle was cleaner, better safer. It’s really no comparison.
Seriously are you for real? Regardless of how bad crime was or was not in the 90s—who cares?! That people out and about aren’t safe in the neighborhood IS a problem. It’s a problem and I’m sorry it doesn’t fit in with your politics but the irony here is that you are espousing the opposite of care and concern for your community. You are actually engaging in gaslighting by insisting this is fine.
Obnoxious
How awful. Has anyone ever noticed how quickly these Capitol Hill attacks seem to drop off of journalists’ (and possibly the police’s) radars? It’s already been dropped from Kiro’s and Komo’s pages, and Seattle Times didn’t even cover it. Pretty odd when you consider the other stories that are still up on these sites after two days. How does a seemingly unprovoked murder during the day in the middle of one of the busiest neighborhood not even yield any sort of suspect update or more detailed event description 48 hours later?
The same thing happened with that last stabbing on 15th where the kid was stabbed by the bus stop and showed up at Kaiser about six months ago. There was never any finding announced with that one, either. It’s extremely frustrating living here not knowing if there is a murderer literally wandering your neighborhood with a butcher knife about to kill you on your way to work.
Well, it would help if D3’s Council representative made these issues a priority, thus giving voice to the neighborhood, but she does not. We are left out of the discussion of priority enforcement, etc., by Harrell and Davidson and have no business leaders accompanying Sarah Nelson as she tries to address issues plaguing them. Much of this is self inflicted. We continue to elect a person who opposes any effort to address crime in our city, so we have no voice.
Your question makes me angry. Not personally towards you but all the same. The short answer is that journalists decide on their stories and in this case, what is the story? A nameless person is dead. Who was he? What was he doing when stabbed? Who stabbed him? Why? Do the detective have leads? Are there people who know something who are not talking? The victim has someone who loves him. Perhaps partners and local friends. Perhaps a mother, father and siblings?
But at the same time when I see these reported, I also see a pile-on of idiots who deflect to political snipes, and claims that it is better now than in the past, which if true, matters not a bit to this dead man and others. The indifference of the media is not the issue here. Rather it is the denial and deflections of those on Capitol Hill and elsewhere in the city who have voted in people and policies that have significantly contributed to our current climate of unaddressed/unsolved crimes and unpunished criminals.
Let’s put a name and face to every death on our streets. And a name and face, and story, on every criminal apprehended. I suspect that if this were done, the pious ones of Seattle who see victims in every person and event, might see that few of these are stealing for food, and even fewer have been displaced by increasing rents.
This is very concerning, and very much personally concerning for me: I happen to live near the stop on 15th/Thomas St where the **random** person was stabbed several months back and had walked through the 13th/Denny intersection where this new person was stabbed not more than an hour before this happened.
When you have to worry about being randomly stabbed by someone simply walking home from the Starbucks with your americano, there is something wrong with the neighborhood you reside in.
More: this part of the Hill, as a rule, is pretty residential. At 7:00-8:00am on any given day the 13th/Denny intersection has a decent amount of traffic with people heading to work via Link and walking their dogs, etc.
Yet, here we are with some random stabbing and death (aka, murder) for, apparently, no reason?
Without creating a police state, we need to figure out what the issue is. Vagrancy and the sheer numbers of homeless are definitely an issue, as are the places where people tend to congregate — the 7/11 on 15th is one, as is the entrance to Safeway on 15th/John St.
Perhaps better policing of these locations? I, for one, can attest that the Safeway is largely unusable, and the side of the store along John St is 90% of the time an absolute mess, with people sleeping, doing drugs, and garbage literally everywhere. Oh, and last week I had to step over actual human excrement on my way to Olmstead. I’ve gone from doing my grocery shopping at that particular Safeway to ordering from Amazon just to avoid the permanent crowd outside the entrance.
I don’t really know what “the” answer is, but I am absolutely sick of these random stabbings happening blocks from my home or, as with this latest incident, at an intersection that I’d walked through 60+ minutes earlier.
It’s not acceptable. Something needs to be done.
I couldn’t agree more. We happened to walk through this intersection at about 9:15, about 45 minutes after the incident occurred and saw all the police tape. There was a cop in front of the apartment building on that corner but it appears as if the incident took place across the street near some garages as that’s where most of the police were congregated. It’s quite disconcerting to feel you can be the random stabbing victim of a lunatic on a beautiful Saturday morning!
This is awful and tragic. And scary.
Is there any information on whether this was random/targeted? I’m not generally that nervous in the neighborhood, but a random stabbing in broad daylight definitely instills a bit more fear.
I agree, I hope more information comes soon. So sorry for the death of this young man. I hope they find his puppy.
It seems odd that the police haven’t even told us that much yet, at least to help residents figure out how cautious we should be. Random attacks don’t happen in the neighborhood that often, but the fact that a dog was missing, and kind of an expensive breed, makes it sound like this was a guy who lived here out walking his dog when he was attacked randomly. Why can’t the police confirm this? I’m pretty freaked out, since this was really close to my place and I have to walk to work at around that time.
This was my son. Just found out last night. He just turned 32 on Valentine’s day. While he had so.e issues, this no way to go. His ypung brther, sisters, Aunts and step mom are all mourning. I am sorry your city isnt the same it waa 30 uears ago, I aam sorry your journalism, and police couldn’t give you his name. They just pulled his prints yesterday durinng autopsy yesterday
and tracked me down last night
I’m so sorry for the loss of your son.
I’m so sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in the days ahead.
Hello. Non citizen Mother. My family sends love to your family.
We are neighbors of Broadway Hill Park where J lived for more than a year. We want you to know that we saw him every day. He had many friends who came to visit him especially on lunch days at the church nearby. J was always organizing & keeping the area of the tents clean. He was one of the only folks that stayed & camped all winter and he seemed content and peaceful. Some neighbors brought food & firewood to him during the really cold weeks.
I am so sorry for him and for your family.
I didn’t see the breed mentioned in this article, where did you read about the breed?
I am only semi-joking: is this the time to reach out to my red state, weapon-loving friends and ask what kind of lightweight body armor they’d recommend for wearing around the neighborhood?
Crazy.
Bullet proof does not necessarily equal stab proof, nor do bullet proof vests usually protect neck/arms/face…. seems like stabbings random, robbery and otherwise are up much more than shootings (the newest, though non-fatal one just this morning…). You don’t need a red state friend, you need someone who works for the British Metropolitan Police to ask for advice – they are way more expert at facing blades.