Stabbing in Shoreline

Tuesday, December 27 at 10am Shoreline police responded to a report of a stabbing in the area of N 173rd and Ashworth Ave N.

When officers arrived they found the victim near the intersection at that location. He said he had been stabbed in the chest at a nearby house in the 1200 block of N 173rd St.

The victim, a 23 year old Mountlake Terrace man, had been at the house visiting the suspect when they got into an argument. The suspect choked him and then stabbed him.

The suspect then fled in a vehicle while the victim ran outside yelling that he had been stabbed.

The victim was taken to Harborview and immediately taken to surgery. His current condition is unknown but a police spokesman said it was very serious yesterday when he was transported.  

Suspect is known to the victim but has not yet been located.