Another hostile crowd delays Seattle emergency responders at stabbing
May 25, 2012, 5:36 AM | Updated: 10:28 am
Police say a hostile crowd delayed help for a stabbing
victim at Cal
Anderson Park in Seattle.
Additional police had to be called Thursday evening to
secure the scene so fire department medics could treat the
30-year-old victim. He was taken to a hospital with
injuries described as non-life-threatening.
Officers arrested the stabbing suspect in the park and
booked the 20-year-old woman for investigation of assault.
“One of the officers described one of the people there as
he ripped his shirt off and actually tried to chest bump
one of our officers trying to get to the victim,” said
Seattle Police spokesperson Renee Witt.
This is the second recent report of Seattle police
encountering a hostile crowd at a crime scene.
They say angry bystanders delayed help for a shooting
victim on May 16 in a south Seattle Jack in the Box
parking lot.
Seattle police said responders couldn’t reach the man for
5 to 7 minutes. He said 15 officers were called in to
quell the crowd of 25 to 50 people in the parking lot of
the Jack in the Box shooting. The suspect in that shooting
is now in custody.
Seattle Police tell MyNorthwest.com they don’t know why
crowds are turning on medics and first responders.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
