Three Stabbed in Random Attack in Downtown Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — Three people were stabbed at random in downtown Seattle, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said. Seattle Police responded to a call about 10 a.m. Tuesday. Police said in a blotter post that a 79-year-old man who was stabbed in the neck and a 77-year-old man who was stabbed in the back were taken to Harborview Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg, who updated the older man's age, said at 5 p.m. Tuesday that he was in serious condition while the other man was satisfactory. Another man was stabbed in the forearm and treated at the scene, police said. Christopher Morisette, 29, was arrested a couple blocks away, according to police. Officers recovered a knife he had discarded in the back of a package delivery truck as well his clothes, which he removed as he fled, police said. "We do believe this was an unprovoked, random attack," said Seattle Police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, spokesman for the department. Seattle Fire Department personnel work at a crime scene outside of Nordstrom, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in downtown Seattle. Authorities say several people were stabbed in downtown Seattle and a suspect is in custody. Streets were closed near the scene as the investigation continues. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP) Police booked Morisette into jail for investigation of assault and a state Department of Corrections violation. It wasn't known if Morisette has a lawyer. Morisette has spent time at the state's largest psychiatric hospital an...
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