Updated
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – For the second time in two days, a male was stabbed in the chest during a dispute in Chehalis.
The victim this afternoon is a 19-year-old who suffered apparently non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Chehalis Fire Department.
Firefighters were called just before 5 p.m. to 600 block of Southeast Dobson Court, but just as the ambulance was pulling out, a car pulled up to the fire station with the victim inside, Fire Capt. Kevin Curfman said.
“Friends, or family, had driven him here,” Curfman said.
Medics and the engine returned to the station, the patient was treated, bandaged and transported to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Curfman.
The fire captain said he subsequently got word from medics after they returned from the hospital that the young man’s vitals were good and his wounds somewhat superficial.
Chehalis Police Department Officer Chris Taylor later said the victim was transported by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but did not know his condition.
Police arrested a resident of the apartment complex, Sheldon Hardy, 40 years old, for first-degree assault, according to Taylor.
Detectives are working on working out what the disagreement was about, Taylor said.
The 19-year-old is from Chehalis, although it wasn’t clear yet if he lived at the complex or was staying there with others, Taylor said.
Police and aid yesterday afternoon responded to a dispute in progress at a residence on Southeast 16th Street where a 25-year-old Chehalis man suffered a single stab wound to his chest.
Taylor said he believed that victim was airlifted to Harborview, and as of about 10 o’clock last night was stable, but in the intensive care unit.
A 24-year-old friend who lives at the same home, Kevin Dawkins, was taken into custody without incident at the scene and jailed for first-degree assault.
In both cases, the weapon used is described as a kitchen-like knife with a blade of approximately four inches, according to police.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
“dontmatter says:
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 10:19 pm
stabbings not knife throwing,… appearently in the real world knives are most effective in hand to hand combat not the 20-30 ft rule adopted by police”
An old, but good video showing what the 20′ rule is all about, and it has nothing to do with throwing a knife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rytJweALgqw
Is this why a chehalis pd car was doing 80 mph on market on Saturday?
Rot in Hell, Kevin! Or better yet, rot in JAIL, you lowlife snitch!
I’ll rest a little easier at night knowing you’re going to prison for a very long time.
Notice that the knife dwellers are staying in Chehalis? They know better than to try that bullshit in Centralia or rural Lewis County.
stabbings not knife throwing,… appearently in the real world knives are most effective in hand to hand combat not the 20-30 ft rule adopted by police
Glad to be able to get the story straight here better than someone just posting what they think