A King County Metro driver was fatally stabbed while driving a bus in Seattle's University District. Police are searching for the suspect.
Seattle police say a King County Metro driver was killed in a stabbing on board a bus in the University District . It happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday on the bus in the 4100 block of University Way NE near the University of Washington (UW) campus, according to a Seattle Police Department (SPD) spokesperson. Video from the scene showed the bus cordoned off with crime scene tape and officers searching the area.
Detectives said the 59-year-old driver made it a few steps to a nearby alley, where he collapsed. Officers arrived to find a man with stab wounds to his chest. An SPD spokesperson said the driver was stabbed after a fight on the bus. Police are searching for the suspect who's described as a man, 6 feet, 1 inch tall, and wearing a blue jacket. He was reported to have left northbound in an alley. Seattle police officers and King County Sheriff’s Office deputies used a K-9 to search for the suspect, but he was not found. Police cordoned off the area until SPD homicide detectives and crime scene investigators arrived to collect evidence. If you have information about the suspect or anything that could help the case you're asked to call 911 or the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000
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