Police: Stabbing may not have been random attack
Update: On Friday morning, police said they now believe the woman's stab wounds might have been self-inflicted. She will undergo a mental evaluation at the hospital.
Police originally said the woman reported being stabbed by a stranger.
Original story:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say a woman in her 20s was stabbed by a stranger without provocation.
Police say the assailant, another woman, walked up to the victim and stabbed her on Thursday night.
The victim was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
Police officers used a dog and canvassed the neighborhood but did not find the suspect.
They said she is about 5’7” tall and has a stocky build. She was wearing all dark clothes.
Anyone with information about this incident can contact assault detectives at (503) 823-0400.
Well, they got one thing right, she was still stabbed by a woman.
It still could have been random!
Munchausen Syndrome, prolly..
Actually she should be charged with initiating a false report, which would get her on probation and referred to the mental health support she needs.
Let's ban knives! Obviously they are dangerous! Subway trains, matches and knives all in today's news. I see a pattern here and it has nothing to do with guns. It's called a mentally unstable individual. Perhaps our lawmakers should focus on getting help for the mentally ill.
Ladies no? OK how about ... Girlymunsters LOL!
Am I the wife here who gets the last word in her ladies? LOL!
Pretty hard to find a suspect that doesn't exist. I guess this is actually the best outcome. At least it's just a crazy going crazy on themselves. Not some random wacko out there hurting people for the fun of it.
I actually am pretty sure I know who did this...This girl with hair, she always wears THAT shirt and has that thing on her arm...
Let's just stay out of Portland, and we'll all be the healthier for it.Â
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Swift recovery to the lady who got stabbed. Glad it wasn't worse.Â
From Fox12. Maybe KATU could just read their website?
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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -
Police are trying to track down a woman who stabbed another woman in southeast Portland and took off.
Portland police said it happened at 9 p.m. Thursday on Southeast 174th Avenue, just south of Stark Street.
Officers arrived and found the victim with a stab wound. She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The victim, a woman in her 20s, told police the suspect walked up to her and stabbed her without provocation.
The suspect is described as a woman, unknown race, 5'7" tall with a stocky building and wearing all dark clothing.
A K-9 unit searched the area, but did not locate anyone matching that description.
If you know anything about the case, contact assault detectives at 503-823-0400.
Copyright 2012 KPTV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
 @al_02 As you can see...the Associated Press released this tidbit for all the news agencies to handle. All KATU did was cut and paste.Â
 @washcomom  @al_02 And AP pretty much just took bits from the police press release, and just neglected to print the location. lol http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=3651&ec=2
 @al_02  Thank you for doing KATU.com's job.
 @al_02 Probably should have just provided a link!  You have broken copyright law (see that very last sentence above) and could be prosecuted.  Doubt that will happen, however . . . but it *could*. ];->
 @Gravity Works! I'll take my chances and just plead that it was covered by fair use for the betterment of the public good.
Portland is a big place, so.... where?
So much senseless violence...
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Outlaw knives? Â Pass a new law restricting where knives can be used, such as a knife-range? Â Require knife owners to lock up their knives so they can't be stolen and used in the commission of a crime!
@Umhal No, just post guards armed with knives on every street.
 @JTesla  @Umhal Couldn't allow armed people to be posted anywhere, they might use their knife and cut the wrong person!
@Yamhill354 @JTesla @Umhal could someone please just outlaw mashed potatos and gravy so I will quit hurting myself at Christmas.
Where was she stabbed? I'm with Kachina...it would be nice to know the location for our own safety, if this was random.
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It says in the article she was stabbed in the leg.
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Oh you mean what part of town.....whoops....my bad.....nevermind.......8-}
@RalphCramden LMAO! I walked right into that one. D'oh!
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We all knew what you meant. But it was funny....8-}
@RalphCramden @Sarbar Ha Ha Ha Ha!
So.... SOMEWHERE in Portland, this attacked occured and people should contact police if they have any information? How about providing some information about what part of the city this happened in? I hope the victim is going to be okay.
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