Police: Woman stabs boyfriend with 8-inch kitchen knife

SEATTLE – A woman has been arrested after police say she stabbed her boyfriend with an 8-inch kitchen knife inside an apartment in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Police were called to a report of a man yelling “don’t kill me!  Stop stabbing me!” inside an apartment in the 1300 block of E. John Street just around 11:45pm Monday.

When officers arrived they said they found a 27-year-old man lying on the floor with deep stab wounds to his chest and abdomen.  The 31-year-old woman who answered the door was arrested and officers said they found a bloody kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade nearby.

The man was rushed to Harborview with life threatening injuries where he went directly into surgery.  There is no word on his condition.