Seattle police arrest Capitol Hill security guard for allegedly fighting, stabbing trespasser

SEATTLE – A 57-year-old safety guard working in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood has been arrested for allegedly preventing and stabbing a person accused of trespassing on personal property. 

Round 2:30 p.m. on Monday, a number of individuals known as 911 to report {that a} safety guard had stabbed a person within the 1600 block of Broadway. By way of their investigation, officers found that the safety guard had initially confronted the sufferer about consuming and trespassing on personal property exterior a enterprise. 

“The safety guard escalated the confrontation to a bodily struggle fairly than disengaging with the sufferer, and he then severely escalated the struggle by stabbing the sufferer,” Seattle Police stated. 

When police spoke with the safety guard, he denied stabbing the sufferer or having a knife in any respect. Officers ultimately discovered the knife in a break room, hidden underneath a bag of chips. 

The 25-year-old sufferer was stabbed close to his collarbone and was handled by Seattle Fireplace Division medics on the scene. He was then pushed to Harborview Medical Heart. 

The safety guard was arrested and booked into King County Jail for assault.