Police arrest man after 5 people are stabbed in Seattle, bringing total to 10 in 2 days

SEATTLE — Five people were stabbed Friday afternoon at 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, police said, adding to an already violent 48 hours for the neighborhood, which saw five other people stabbed in separate incidents.

One person was taken into custody, Deputy Chief Eric Barden said at the scene Friday, and they believe he is responsible for nine of the 10 stabbings.

Four people were taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment, while another was treated and released at the scene. They were all in critical condition Friday afternoon, Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg said.

What police described as a “pattern of stabbings” in the neighborhood appears to have started early Thursday.

In the first stabbing, a 52-year-old woman was stabbed eight times at about 1:35 a.m. Thursday near 12th Avenue South and South King Street. She was taken to Harborview in serious condition.

Then, at 12:19 p.m. a man was stabbed seven times in both the back and chest at South Jackson and Eighth Avenue South. He was also in serious condition.

At 8 p.m., a 37-year-old man was stabbed multiple times at Eighth and South Jackson. Police said a possible suspect was detained at that point, but witnesses were unsure whether it was the right person. That person was booked into jail on other warrants.

Two and a half hours later, officers were called to an assault in the 800 block of South King Street, beneath the Interstate 5 overpass, where a man inside a car had a cut to his hand. Police said at a news conference that this case appears to be unrelated.

Early Friday morning, at about 1 a.m., another man was stabbed at 12th Avenue and South Jackson. He was found bleeding heavily from the neck and was also taken to Harborview.

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Seattle Times staff reporter Paige Cornwell contributed to this report.