A Seattle man charged with assaulting a police officer and released without paying bail was reportedly arrested just eight days later, after allegedly attempting to hold hostages at knife-point at a Target store.
The suspect live-tweeted from inside a Target store in West Seattle during the hourslong ordeal that began on Friday evening, according to a report by KTTH’s The Jason Rantz Show.
The same man was previously accused of attempting to take shoppers hostage at a grocery store in August 2021, allegedly pulled a knife at a downtown Seattle Target in January 2020, and earlier this month was charged again with assaulting a Seattle police officer, KTTH reported. But a judge still released him on his own recognizance just eight days before the latest incident on Jan. 21.
KTTH reported that the suspect was arrested just before 12:30 a.m. and booked into King County Jail, but the case was not immediately referred to the King County Prosecutor’s Office. No injuries were reported.
Fox News Digital reached out Monday to the Seattle Police Department and the King County Prosecutor’s Office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
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