Vancouver police late Monday night were hoping to get more information from a victim who was attacked by a group of assailants and cut or stabbed earlier Monday evening, near the intersection of East Brandt Road and Fourth Plain Boulevard, southeast of Evergreen Park.
About 6:30 p.m. Monday, two witnesses called 911 to report the attack. One reported seeing a knife and a fight with four or five males involved. The other reported seeing the victim thrown down in a fight involving eight to 10 people, said Officer Dave Chamblee with the Vancouver Police Department.
One witness yelled to the assailants that police were being called and everyone scattered.
They escaped despite the efforts of officers who converged in the area, some arriving in as quickly as three minutes, and setting a tracking dog on the trail. Lots of people were in the area, making it hard to find the assailant or assailants in the crowd.
The injured male, name and age not immediately released, later called 911.He was taken to a hospital with cuts or stab wounds that weren’t believed life-threatening, Chamblee said. The victim’s medical condition wasn’t available.
