Police said a driver was stabbed in a parked car, then hit a 50-year-old man while driving through a lot.
SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating two connected incidents near the Rainier Beach Safeway after a driver was stabbed and later hit a man in a parking lot Wednesday night, according to the Seattle Police Department.
Officers were first called at 10:05 p.m. to the 9100 block of Rainier Avenue South after reports that someone had been hit by a vehicle in a parking lot.
Police found a 50-year-old man unconscious near the gas pump area.
Officers provided aid until Seattle firefighters arrived and took the man to Harborview Medical Center. According to the Seattle Fire Department, the man was in critical condition.
About 10 minutes later, dispatchers received a report of a stabbing. The caller, who was the injured man’s roommate, told police he was driving the man to a fire station in the 9600 block of Renton Avenue South.
Officers found a 56-year-old man with a slash wound to his neck. He was treated at the scene and refused transport to the hospital, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
Police later determined the two incidents were connected.
Investigators said the 56-year-old man was sitting in a parked car in the 9100 block of Rainier Avenue South when another man approached and stabbed him before walking away.
The driver initially thought he had been slapped, then realized he had been cut, police said. He then drove through the parking lot and hit the 50-year-old man before going home, where his roommate called 911.
Detectives with the Homicide and Assault Unit are investigating what led to the assault.
Police said the 56-year-old man will be booked into the King County Jail after he receives medical treatment.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Seattle Police Department Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000.
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