Verbal argument may have led to stabbing outside Kent coffee shop, police say

Verbal argument may have led to stabbing outside Kent coffee shop, police say

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Key Points:

  • A stabbing occurred Wednesday afternoon outside Lula Coffee in Kent, sending one person to the hospital with a non-life-threatening neck wound.
  • Police were called around 1:54 p.m. and found the suspect had fled on foot before their arrival.
  • The victim was treated at the scene and then transported to Harborview Medical Center by King County Medic One.
  • Initial reports suggest the incident may have begun as a verbal argument.
  • Kent detectives are investigating the incident, which took place in a shopping center parking lot across from a Fred Meyer store.