King County Metro Officer stabbed at Seattle bus stop
Mar 2, 2012, 10:25 AM | Updated: 1:05 pm
A man is in custody after assaulting a King County Metro Officer with a knife in the Wallingford District Friday morning. (97.3 KIRO FM staff)
(97.3 KIRO FM staff)
A man is in custody after assaulting a King County Metro Officer with a knife in the Wallingford District Friday morning.
The sergeant was responding to a report of a man sleeping at the bus stop at 45th and Burke St. The man attacked him with a knife.
King County Sergeant Cindi West says the sergeant held the suspect at gunpoint until other officers arrive to the scene.
The sergeant suffered a cut to his hand and a stab wound to his shoulder. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Two knives were recovered at the scene.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
