Olympia officers discharged from hospital after being stabbed during Thursday night incident
The two Olympia police officers who were stabbed during an altercation with a male suspect Thursday night have been released from the hospital to recover from their injuries at home.
The suspect was shot by one of the officers, and he was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma in critical condition Thursday night. The suspect is expected to survive, said Sgt. Shannon Barnes of the Lacey Police Department, which is leading the Capital Metro Independent Investigative Team investigation into the incident.
Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower said both officers will be on administrative leave for the duration of the investigation into the incident.
The two officers were stabbed after responding to a call about 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of Fern Street Southwest. Police had received reports of a person trying to set a fire outside an apartment.
By the time police arrived, the fire had been put out. The suspect had retreated to his nearby apartment, where police tried to communicate with him with help from a designated crisis responder.
After obtaining a search warrant, police entered the suspect’s apartment, where the suspect stabbed the two officers in the legs. One of the officers shot the suspect, and he was airlifted from the field at Capital High School to St. Joseph Medical Center.
This story will be updated.
This story was originally published April 1, 2022 at 8:55 AM.
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