1 Dead In Stabbing At Sodo Restaurant

SEATTLE, WA - A 27-year-old man died early Thursday morning after he was stabbed during a fight inside the Orient Express restaurant in Sodo, Seattle police are reporting. Medics were unable to save the victim and he died at the scene.

Police said a suspect fled north after the stabbing, but K9 units were not able to track him down. The fight happened just before 3 a.m.

Orient Express is an iconic Chinese food restaurant housed in a group of connected train cars. The restaurant is located along the 2900 block of 4th Avenue South near the corner of South Hanford Street. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Seattle Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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