Vancouver police arrested a man who they say matches the description of the perpetrator in Tuesday’s stabbing at Clark College, according to a police news release.
Salvador Aguilar, 31, was arrested about 10 a.m. Thursday in the 2600 block of St. Johns Boulevard in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood.
Responding to a tip, patrol officers and detectives from the Major Crimes Unit found Aguilar asleep in a vehicle outside a residence. Aguilar was booked into the Clark County Jail on suspicion of first-degree assault and motor vehicle theft, the news release states.
The suspect was wanted in connection with an incident Tuesday afternoon in which a Clark employee sitting on a bench outside the college’s Archer Gallery was stabbed in the neck. The victim received treatment for her injuries, which were not life-threatening. The incident prompted an hourlong lockdown of Clark College’s main campus, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way.
Police are continuing to investigate.
