City Stabbing on East Pike
One of the shopkeepers at Benson Grocery (320 E Pike St at Bellevue Ave) was stabbed in the stomach at 7 pm tonight. Medic One took him away. For several years I’ve appreciated how this man keeps his eye on the street as he sweeps the sidewalk in front of his store every night. No word yet on a suspect, motive, or the victim’s condition.
UPDATE: I stopped in Monday morning and spoke to the corner-store’s owner, Mr. Suk Kang. According to Kang, who wasn’t present at the time of the assault but spoke to the victim at the hospital early this morning, a man walked into the store yesterday evening, immediately turned the corner into the small space behind the counter, and stabbed the cashier, Mr. Soon K. Park, in the stomach several times without saying a word. Park grabbed the suspect’s hands and pushed him backward toward the front door, and then the man fled on foot. A second employee was in the back of the store at the time and saw the end of the struggle. Park was able to describe his attacker, a 5-foot-6-inch black man in his early 20s, to police. Nothing was stolen and no motive is known.
Suk Kang, who’s owned the convenience store for 24 years, says this is the first assault on an employee in the store’s history. He also told me that he expected Park to be released from the hospital later today.
Please give more info when you get it... i live around the corner. thanks!