911 | SPD makes arrest in reported E Olive Way stabbing, man dies on street in suspected Harvard/Thomas OD, Central District shootings

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• Reported E Olive Way stabbing: A reported knife attack brought a major 911 response to E Olive Way and Howell Monday night in an assault being investigated by police. An injured suspect was later arrested at a Bellevue hospital. According to East Precinct emergency radio updates, arriving officers found the victim in the reported 7:00 PM assault had suffered wounds to her hands but avoided major injury. A Seattle Fire spokesperson said the victim’s injuries were minor and she did not require transport to the hospital. According to police, the victim said she was sitting on the corner drawing and asking for spare change when two men approached and hovered over her. After one made vague offers of money to see her sketch, the woman said she displayed a knife to ward them off. The victim says the men attacked, beating her and stabbing her hand. Bystanders intervened in the melee as both attackers fled. The wounded suspect later sought medical care in Bellevue, where officers took him into custody.
• Harvard/Thomas drug death: A man died of a suspected drug overdose despite Seattle Fire’s attempts to revive him on the street at Harvard and Thomas Sunday morning. A Seattle Fire spokesperson said units were called to the area just after 8 AM and found two men at the scene. Crews attempted life-saving efforts on an approximately 24-year-old male patient but were not successful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Crews also treated a 21-year-old man suffering from reported drug use who was in stable condition and did not require hospitalization. There were no arrests. The Seattle Fire Department chaplain was called to the scene to provide support to bystanders who witnessed the incident.
• 19th/Jackson shooting: Police investigated an early Sunday shooting in the Central District:
  On Sunday morning just after 1 a.m., officers responded to a report of a shooting at 19th Avenue South and South Jackson Street. Through the investigation, officers learned that there was a party letting out from nearby apartments and the victim’s vehicle was in front of the building. Another vehicle pulled up and started shooting. One bullet struck the victim’s driver’s side window and grazed the front passenger’s neck. The victim vehicle drove the injured passenger to Harborview Medical Center. Victim is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
• MLK/Alder shooting: Police investigated a daytime shooting following a street dispute near E Alder and Martin Luther King Jr. Way last Tuesday. According to witnesses of the 12:25 PM incident, a verbal altercation escalated when a man sprayed bear spray at a suspect seated in a late-1980s or early-1990s black Ford. The driver, described as a white male in his 30s, fired shots at the victim before fleeing northbound on MLK Jr. Way. The victim fled on foot and may have been injured but could not be located. Officers found no property damage. Detectives are investigating.

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