The victims of the attack were a man and a woman in their 60s. Both were taken to hospitals and are in stable condition, SPD reported.
The Seattle Police Department is currently searching for a man who struck two people in the head with a hammer, injuring them both, late Thursday afternoon in the underground passenger lobby of Sound Transit’s Beacon Hill Station.The victims were a man and a woman in their 60s. Both victims were treated at the scene for head injuries by the Seattle Fire Department and transported to Harborview Medical Center, where they are in stable condition, SPD reported.
The suspect may have walked on a train and traveled to Capitol Hill Station, a transit spokesperson told. Sound Transit issued a train-delay alert around 5 p.m. for about 10 minutes of slowdowns related to “police activity.” This incident follows a slew of violent attacks on Sound Transit stations over the summer, including a man stabbing another passenger 18 times at a light-rail train near Othello Station in July. It was described as another attack without provocation.Link Light rail re-opens after stabbing in Rainier Valley
A Sound Transit station in SODO also had a violent incident when someone bludgeoned another man in the head with a rock July 28. Sound Transit has made efforts to hire more guards this year for its stations, but only 50 of 89 budgeted transit police posts were filled as of mid-2023, according toJulie Timm, the Sound Transit CEO, spoke with board members hours before the hammer incident and said she intends to launch regular online and public meeting updates this fall that focus on security.
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