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Police say two men were injured in the attacks
April 21, 2021 4:55 PM Emily Goodell
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YAKIMA, Wash. Yakima police are investigating two knife attacks that happened Tuesday morning just a few hours and a less than two miles apart.
Police responded about 4:45 a.m. to reports of a 21-year-old man bleeding from the head and face near the Hotel Y, 1700 N. First St. in Yakima.
Yakima Police Capt. Jay Seely said arriving officers found the man suffering from what looked like a stab wound to the head and another wound across his back. The victim reportedly told police he was attacked by a man with a machete.
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Police captain says it was an absolute community failure
April 16, 2021 6:35 PM Emily Goodell
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YAKIMA, Wash. A 32-year-old man accused of attacking a bicyclist with a machete outside Home Depot in Yakima was taken into custody Wednesday after a four-hour-long standoff with police officers.
Yakima Police Capt. Jay Seely said the man was in crisis due to substance abuse issues and officers were able to use de-escalation techniques to calm the situation down, despite onlookers’ attempts to provoke the suspect into attacking police.
“The public standing behind the police, trying to make [the suspect] make a bad decision and trying to accelerate the situation is so disappointing,” Seely said. “This is an absolute community failure.”