Oak Harbor man fatally stabs his girlfriend’s 21-year-old son, Auburn Police say

Published 1:32 pm Friday, February 19, 2016

What began in a dispute between a man and his girlfriend late Thursday, Auburn Police say, ended in the man’s fatal stabbing of the woman’s 21-year-old son.

Police later booked the 26-year-old Oak Harbor man into the SCORE jail, where he is being held on suspicion of murder.

According to police, the incident took place at 10:30 p.m., in the girlfriend’s Auburn apartment in the 000 block of 5th Street Northeast. Once the argument heated up, police say, the woman’s son tried to separate and calm the suspect, but the suspect pulled out a a knife and fatally stabbed him.

The suspect fled Auburn but police detained him in Anacortes and Auburn detectives later returned him to the SCORE jail. Police expect to serve and process warrants on the apartment and the suspect’s car.