A man was hospitalized at the Seattle Criminal Investigation Department after being stabbed multiple times in the chest

SEATTLE- A man was hospitalized in the Chinatown-International District neighborhood Thursday evening after being stabbed multiple times in the chest.

Seattle police said at 5:46 p.m., officers responded to reports of a stabbing that occurred in the 500 block of South Jackson St.

When officers arrived, they found an adult male who had suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest, according to Seattle police.

The man was treated by Seattle Fire Department paramedics and taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he was in life-threatening condition, according to police.

Police said an adult male suspect fled the area where the stabbing occurred and has not yet been located. It is currently unknown what led to the stabbing.

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