PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man is accused of stabbing a woman in the neck on the campus of Clark College in Vancouver on Tuesday. Now, police are searching for the suspect and releasing images of him to the public.
The Vancouver Police Department said the man may have been involved in another encounter with a different woman the day before in the parking lot at the college.
Police described the man’s appearance via a surveillance camera image, saying he is “East Asian or Middle Eastern, 30-40 years of age, medium build with a beard.”
Police said they responded to the college on Tuesday following a report of a disturbance with a weapon. When they arrived, officers found a woman with a stab wound in the neck.
She told police that while she was sitting outside the Archer building, a man who was unknown to her came up to her, screaming and asking for help. The woman thought the man had punched her, only to realize from the blood she saw that she’d been stabbed. She was transported to a hospital and her injuries are considered non-life-threatening, officials said.
After the incident, the suspect fled on foot but police weren’t able to locate him. He was last seen heading north toward Water Works Park.
The parking lot incident on Monday was described to police and involved a man matching the stabbing suspect’s description approaching a woman who was sitting inside her car. The man, who was unknown to her, came up to the driver’s side and tried to talk to her, officials said. When the woman opened her door, the man pulled on it, in an apparent attempt to enter the vehicle. The woman screamed and the man ran off. Clark College security responded to the incident and they later spoke with police about it.
Anyone who has information about the suspect is encouraged to contact the Vancouver Police Department.
