He stabbed 2 men and assaulted another in a 3-hour crime spree in Tacoma, police say
A man stabbed two men and assaulted a third in Tacoma early Tuesday, critically injuring two of his victims.
The attacks all took place in less than three hours and do not appear to be related.
Police were first called about 2:15 a.m. to the 2500 block of Pacific Avenue, where a 27-year-old man said he’d gotten into an argument and been stabbed.
He described the suspect as a bald white man in his 20s.
The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
About two hours later, officers responded to a stabbing in the 2500 block of A Street.
The 42-year-old victim had been stabbed in the back multiple times and had his belongings lit on fire.
He was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and gave a similar description of his attacker.
While police were searching for the suspect, a third call came in about 4:50 a.m. of an assault in the 2500 block of East G Street.
In that incident, a 64-year-old man was found with critical injuries.
Officers arrested a 23-year-old man and booked him into Pierce County Jail on suspicion of three counts of assault and one count of arson.
Detectives are trying to figure out what prompted the attacks.
This story was originally published March 3, 2020 at 10:20 AM.
