Five people sought in brutal attack on Seattle’s Capitol Hill

Police are trying to track down five people suspected in a brutal attack on Seattle’s Capitol Hill Wednesday night.

A 61-year-old man was walking in the 900 block of E. Pike St. when two men approached him and exchanged words, according to police. The suspects followed him to the southeast corner of Broadway and E. Pike where two women and another man joined in.

One of the men, described as white and wearing a black hoodie, struck the victim across the head with a skateboard. Another man reportedly stabbed the victim in the back with a knife.

Witnesses told police a third suspect hit the victim on the left side of his head with a bottle, which left a large cut.

The group then knocked the man to the ground and began punching and kicking him before fleeing eastbound on E. Pike St.

The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with a single stab wound to the lower left back and cuts to the left side of his head.

Police say the suspects are described by witnesses as:

1. A white male in his 20s, 6’3, 200 pounds, long blonde hair, wearing a black hoodie and carrying a skateboard.

2. A white male in his 20s, 5’10, thin build, possibly wearing a white shirt and black. (Suspect with the knife).

3. A white female in her 20s, stocky build, 5’5, 150 pounds, dark hair, wearing black pants and black shoes.

Another white female and male, both in their 20s, accompanied those three suspects.