SEATTLE — Police have arrested a man who stabbed a woman in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood Saturday.
Officers were called to a building at Third Avenue and Blanchard Street just before noon for reports of a man stabbing people. When they arrived, they found the suspect, a man in his 30s, and tased him while arresting him.
One victim, a woman in her 50s, was found at the scene with a cut near her eye. It’s unclear how deep the wound is, but police said her injuries were non-life-threatening.
It’s unclear if the man knew the victim.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, and the suspect was taken to the King County Jail for assault.
Andrea Suarez, who lives and works in the area, walked by during the response.
“It’s startling,” she said. “It’s concerning. The sidewalks are blocked.”
Suarez is the founder of We Heart Seattle, an organization that organizes trash cleanups and provides outreach support to individuals living on the streets.
“This is where the open air drug markets are,” Suarez said of the area where the stabbing occurred. “This is typically what you see on Third Avenue is people need resources.”
She also wants to see more enforcement of open air drug use, and she’s not the only one in the area pushing for it.
“I know the cops are really short handed and short on budget,” said Patrick Krous, who works Downtown. “They definitely need more patrols down here.”
Krous said there are often drug deals and fights in the spot where the stabbing took place.
Suarez hopes more people, beyond law enforcement and outreach organizations, will get involved in helping people to prevent crime like this in the future.
“Everybody can be an outreach worker,” she said. “You can see somebody, ask them how they’re doing, if they need resources and get to understand the resources. My mantra is, ‘If you have a heart, you don’t need a piece of paperwork to care.’”
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