PORT TOWNSEND — Police are seeking information on the stabbing of a 62-year-old Quilcene man early Saturday morning near Port Townsend Boat Haven.
Robert W. Matthews was outside his truck on the 2500 block of Washington Street at about 12 a.m. Saturday when he was stabbed by an unidentified assailant, according to the Port Townsend Police Department.
Matthews was in satisfactory condition Sunday, according to a spokeswoman at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was taken with non-life-threatening injuries after the incident.
“There is no indication there is someone walking around Port Townsend stabbing people,” said Det. Luke Bogues.
After interviewing several people, it is believed the assailant was someone Matthews knows, Bogues said.
“We want to find people who know him, or who may have been in the area,” he said.
Bogues said he planned to travel to Seattle to interview Matthews.
At about 12:35 a.m. Saturday, Jefferson County 9-1-1 received a call from a hotel manager, who reported that a guest at the hotel had been stabbed.
Port Townsend Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and East Jefferson Fire-Rescue responded and found Matthews in his room.
He had been stabbed in his upper abdomen with a sharp bladed object, Bogues said.
Matthews was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Evidence at the scene and a witness statement led police to believe the assault occurred in the 2500 block of Washington Street.
After being stabbed, Matthews walked to his nearby hotel room with a friend, who asked the hotel’s front desk clerk to call an ambulance.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to phone Bogues at 360-390-4047 or email lbogues@cityofpt.us.
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