SHORELINE, Wash. (AP) - The King County Sheriff’s Office says detectives in Shoreline shot and killed a man who had stabbed a 62-year-old dog-walker and his dog, and who had also attacked another person.
The 62-year-old called 911 at 6 a.m. Thursday to say he had been stabbed, once in the back and once in the front, by someone who had been following him as he returned home from a walk. The assailant then stabbed the dog and ran off.
About 20 minutes later, another man called 911 to report that someone matching the same description had attacked him with a knife. That caller was able to fight the suspect off, the King County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Deputies used a police dog to track the suspect, and two detectives found him, still armed with an 8-inch chef’s knife, near the intersection of South 175th Street and Linden Avenue North. A fight ensued and the detectives shot the man, then administered life-saving efforts to no avail, the sheriff’s office said.
The 62-year-old man and his dog were reported to be in stable condition.
Seattle Police Department’s Force Investigation Team is reviewing the shooting. The King County Sheriff’s Office said it has selected two civilian observers, per the requirements of Initiative 940, to act as independent observers.
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