Cops in Seattle are investigating after a man attacked a couple’s dog and stabbed a man in the head in a seemingly random incident. (KCPQ/YouTube)
Seattle police are looking for the man who attacked a couple’s dog and stabbed its owner in the head outside a downtown McDonald’s over the weekend.
The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Sunday outside the fast food joint in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue. Police found a 29-year-old man suffering from a stab wound to the head. Paramedics took the man to Harborview Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening, a press release said. The suspect took off after the incident and remains at large. Cops are still gathering more information about what led up to the incident. A Seattle Police spokesman told the Seattle Times the injury was more like a slashing.
In an interview with local ABC affiliate KOMO, the victim’s partner said they were waiting for their food when the attack began.
“This random guy came up and started kicking our dog and attacking my partner,” Christopher Burns told KOMO.
The victim confronted the suspect after he kicked his dog and that’s when the suspect allegedly came at him with a knife. Burns said his partner was bloodied and nearly passed out before paramedics arrived. Their dog is OK, he said.
Burns called the attack “crazy” and “disgusting.” He said it makes him think twice about going downtown.
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“People are getting hurt. People are down here with their kids,” Burns told the outlet. “I’m at a loss for words.”
If anyone has information about this incident, please call the Seattle Police Department’s Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.
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