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Woman stabbed and struck with sledgehammer in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood
A woman told Seattle police she was attacked after leaving an apartment gathering early Friday with a group that included another woman and three men. Her car was found nearby with a bloody sledgehammer inside; police had not located the other people involved.
A woman was stabbed several times and struck in the head with a sledgehammer in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood early Friday, police said.
Officers arrived around 9:15 a.m. near Palatine Avenue North and North Market Street, where paramedics were treating the woman. She had multiple wounds to her upper body and a head injury consistent with being struck by a sledgehammer, according to Seattle police. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center; her condition was not reported.
The woman told officers she had been at an apartment gathering near North 39th Street with the suspected attacker, another woman and three men. She said she left the apartment in her vehicle with the suspected attacker and the three men, then went with them to a nearby alley on Palatine Avenue North, where the assault occurred.
Police found the woman’s vehicle a short time later near Whitman Avenue North and North 39th Street. A bloody sledgehammer was inside, and the keys were in the ignition, police said. Officers had not located the suspected attacker or the three men.
Anyone with information can contact the Seattle Police Department’s Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.