Seattle police are investigating a double stabbing that followed an altercation Saturday night near Hing Hay Park in the Chinatown-International District.
At 8:42 p.m., officers responded to reports of a disturbance in the 500 block of South Jackson Street and found a 32-year-old man with a stab wound to the neck. Witnesses told police the victim got into an altercation with a suspect shortly before the stabbing. Officers provided aid until Seattle Fire Department medics arrived and began life-saving efforts. Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
Officers also found a second victim, a 37-year-old man, with a laceration to his arm. Medics treated him at the scene and released him with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Seattle Police Departments Homicide and Assault Unit will lead the investigation and determine what led up to the stabbings. Officers have not arrested any suspects.
Police ask anyone with information to call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
Incident Number 2025-118938/ West Precinct/ K3