In Seattle, Another Dark and Stabby Night

Perusing the Seattle Police Department blotter, you see knives continue to be a weapon of choice. They’re not number one with a bullet, but they’re up there. (See: “This Summer, Don’t Miss Third Avenue’s Improv Knife Skills Workshops“)

Yesterday morning, “just before 3 a.m.,” one man stabbed another in the leg, “then walked away.” The victim identified the knife-wielder to police, and the suspect was found and arrested. At 11:36 p.m. on August 31, police were summoned to 2nd Avenue and Blanchard Street in Belltown, where a man had been stabbed by “a black guy in a wheelchair.” Again, the suspect was located and arrested.

This last incident occurred “about an hour and and half after two men were slashed and stabbed in an attack in Greenwood,” writes SeattleCrime.com’s Jonah Spangenthal-Lee. The suspect (aka “Droopy”) allegedly slashed one man in the face and stabbed another man in the back before fleeing the scene in a white Ford Explorer.

Sidebar: You can now follow Jonah Spangenthal-Lee’s crime reporting over at Publicola. He’s been hired on staff, as Publicola’s Josh Feit puts the band back together. (Previously, Feit, Erica Barnett, and Spangenthal-Lee formed the core of the news team at The Stranger.) “We’ve wanted to hire Jonah for a couple of years, and it’s exciting that we’re now in a position to do just that,” said Feit, adding that crime fans will be able to follow Spangenthal-Lee’s reporting through a dedicated RSS feed, if political wonkery is not their thing.