A brutal assault – with a machete and a chain – took place near the 76 station located on SW 148th Street near 1st Ave South in Burien Wednesday night, April 18. Police say that at about 7:10 p.m., multiple 911 calls came in about an assault in progress near SW 148th Street and 1st Ave South. Deputies arrived and located two male suspects – ages 25 and 30 – who were taken into custody and booked into King County Jail. Here are the events as we know them:
- A transient male was outside on SW 148th Street when two intoxicated suspects approached him and for no reason pushed over his bike and belongings.
- A Good Samaritan in the area saw what occurred and tried to get the suspects to stop messing with the transient’s belongings.
- The suspects turned on the Good Samaritan – one produced a machete and one had a belt like chain – and they began brutally assaulting the victim with (video of the assault is below).
- At one point the transient tried to help, but the suspects attempted to throw him into traffic driving by.
- Two cooks at a nearby restaurant were able to chase down the suspect who had the machete and hold him to the ground until Police arrived.
- Police were able to arrest the second suspect with the chain.
- The victim is a 39-year old male from Burien, who was treated by Medics and transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
Here’s an interview with Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta, courtesy KING5: Additional details from other sources:VIDEO: Good samaritan violently attacked with machete & chain belt in Burien: https://t.co/1CzENjCmak pic.twitter.com/HzPo7SPiON
— KOMO News (@komonews) April 19, 2018
.@BurienPD @KingCoSheriff on scene of a melee that’s left at least one person stabbed and has totally shut down SW 148th St at 1st Ave SW. #Q13FOX pic.twitter.com/GmybVJeyaP
— Erin Winking (@edubyaphotog) April 19, 2018
.#breaking eyewitness describes machete attack at 1900 blk SW 148th St @Burien pic.twitter.com/RcVkIIaymz
— KIRO 7 Jussero (@JJusseroKIRO7) April 19, 2018
Person stabbed, critically injured during fight at Burien gas station https://t.co/kYyZnmluGz pic.twitter.com/2DY1w3PuCJ
— #Q13FOX (@Q13FOX) April 19, 2018
]]>A man is attacked by 2 others. One assailant had machete. 2 people in custody. #KOMOnews pic.twitter.com/JDWS0sRQDN
— Thomas Lin (@TLinkomo4) April 19, 2018