Seattle police officers arrested a man for injuring a 77-year-old man during an unprovoked assault in Downtown Seattle.
On April 19 at about 9:50 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of an assault near 3rd Avenue and Pine Street. There, officers found the victim bleeding from a head injury with a possible broken arm. The Seattle Fire Department treated the victim, and paramedics took him to the VA hospital for further treatment.
A security guard told police that one of the suspects was still in the area. Shortly thereafter, officers found the suspect, 29, and arrested him.
An analyst in the Real Time Crime Center reviewed one of the cameras at 3rd and Pine that captured the assault. While walking down the sidewalk, two suspects, including the arrestee, struck the victim and knocked him to the ground in an unprovoked attack. Afterward, they walked off, leaving the victim laying on the pavement.
Police booked the suspect into the King County Jail for felony assault. The other unidentified suspect remains outstanding.
Detectives in the Homicide and Assault Unit are assigned to this case.
Incident Number: 2026-107418