Two men stabbed in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood
SEATTLE - Police are investigating a stabbing that left two men injured in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood early Friday morning.
According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), at around 2:26 a.m., officers responded to reports of a stabbing near the corner of E Olive Way and Bellevue Ave. The calls that came in reported a man being stabbed in the head and arms.
Patrol units arrived and found a victim with three stab wounds.
While treating the victim, a bystander told officers that a second victim had been stabbed at the location of the initial incident.
Both victim’s injuries were considered non-life threatening. No suspects have been identified.
Following the incident, police activity escalated in the area as the East Precinct prioritized emergency calls. The shift in focus was a direct response to the stabbing and a surge in nightlife-related incidents.
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