Olympia tavern fight leaves one dead, one wounded
Dec 4, 2012, 7:01 AM | Updated: 8:02 am
One man is dead after a stabbing at a downtown Olympia tavern early Tuesday.
Officers were dispatched to McCoy’s Tavern at about 1:30 a.m. where they found two people with stab wounds. One person died at the tavern and the other is recovering at Saint Peter Hospital.
Police caught up with a man carrying a knife several blocks away. When he refused to give up, they took him down with a blast from a Taser. The 34-year-old Olympia man is in police custody.
Detectives are trying to sort out what prompted the deadly confrontation.
