Bad Weed Deal Leads to Alleged Knife Assault

A police report filed by SPD Officer Tyrone Davis details a heated exchange between two Seattle men that allegedly resulted in one of the men slashing the other man’s throat. The wounded man was treated at an emergency room for a “cut [that] went from one side of his neck to the other” and was “split open 3 inches,” according to the report.

The alleged assault occurred at the corner of South Willow Street and Martin Luther King Way South at around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 29, during what the wounded man later described as a drug deal gone sour—he told police that he was in the process of purchasing marijuana from a man and his girlfriend when he “insulted the suspect on the quality of his ‘weed,’” writes Davis.

This insult allegedly caused the seller to react violently by “slash[ing the victim’s] neck with an unknown cutting instrument.” In hindsight, the wounded man mused to police that “he should not have insulted the suspect in front of his girl.” That thoughtfulness didn’t stop the victim from telling police, repeatedly, “I don’t even know who he is, but I’m going to kill him.”

Officer Davis notes that the victim is the subject of two outstanding misdemeanor warrants. The victim, also apparently aware of the warrants, initially gave a false name to police, which he admitted after Davis found his Washington State ID. Davis writes that the wounded man was “obnoxious” and “appeared to be very intoxicated.”

After a lengthy investigation, Davis could neither locate the suspect nor any potential witnesses. Eventually, he gave the victim his business card and left the hospital, noting that the victim was “very excited that [he] was not going to jail” for his outstanding warrants.

The alleged dealer/assaulter remains at large, as does his “girl.”