Seattle Police arrest suspect after quadruple stabbing in Capitol Hill
SEATTLE - Police arrested the suspect involved in a quadruple stabbing that happened in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood early Friday morning, and he is now being held in the King County Jail on a $300,000 bond.
On Oct. 20 at around 2 a.m., officers responded to a stabbing near 14th Ave. E and E Madison St. near Cal Anderson Park.
According to court docs, 36-year-old Thomas Earl Ellis got into an argument with a group of people outside the Diesel Bar, which escalated into a fight. Ellis stabbed and slashed at three of them several times, sending two to the hospital.
Ellis claims he was hit in the back, and he was acting in self-defense.
When police were first called to the incident, they identified Ellis as the suspect when they searched him and found a knife with blood on it. Ellis was arrested at the scene.
After hearing both sides, the court found probable cause for two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Ellis remains in the King County Jail on $300,000 bond.
This is a developing story.