Seattle security guard charged with stabbing trespasser
Seattle Washington July 20 2022
A 57-year-old security guard was arrested after he was accused of stabbing a man on July 18 in Seattle, police said.
The security guard is accused of stabbing a man outside a Washington business and hiding the knife under a bag of chips.
Seattle police responded to the stabbing at 2:34 p.m. on Monday, July 18 in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to a news release.
The 57-year-old guard first confronted the 25-year-old man about his drinking and trespassing on private property, police said.
Police said the guard escalated the encounter with a physical fight, which led to the stabbing. The guard said he didn’t stab the man, but authorities found a knife hidden under a bag of chips in a break room, according to police.
