PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police have arrested a man they sought after a stabbing in the 800 block of South A Street.
Stephen B. Gierke, 27, of Port Angeles was arrested at about 9:20 p.m. Thursday for investigation of second-degree assault and for an unrelated felony warrant, said Deputy Chief Brian Smith in a news release.
Gierke was booked into the Clallam County jail for investigation of assault and on two unrelated arrest warrants, including one Department of Corrections warrant.
Police arrested Gierke at a motorhome on a property on West 18th Street.
Smith said he was taken into custody without incident.
The arrest stems from a report of a stabbing incident at 1:40 p.m. Thursday. An unidentified man was stabbed in the face.
In the news release, Smith said that officers developed probable cause to arrest Gierke from interviews with the victim and witnesses.
Investigators said the stabbing was the result of an argument between Gierke, who was a pedestrian, and the occupants of a vehicle the victim was in.
The wound proved to be superficial. Smith said the man was treated by Port Angeles Fire Department medical personnel, with no transport to a hospital.
Lincoln High, located about two blocks from the initial reported location of the assault, was briefly put on lockdown while police responded.
