Press release from King County Sheriff's Office:
Birthday Bash Leads to Stabbing, then Shooting in Burien

A man celebrating his 21st birthday was critically stabbed last night during a bar fight in Burien. Then another person fighting was shot. Both victims ended up at Harborview Medical Center. The shooter is still at large.

The incident began about 12:20 AM at the Wah Long Sports Bar, 15220 Ambaum Blvd SW. Several patrons got into an argument inside the business which escalated into a fistfight involved four people outside in the parking lot. At some point during the fight one participant was stabbed several times with a knife.

Next one of the persons involved in the fight ran over to a parked car, pulled out a handgun, and fired several shots. One of the people in the original fight was hit and he collapsed. The shooter, stabbing victim, and others piled into the car and the vehicle sped off.

Sheriff's deputies and Burien police arrived about 45 seconds after the 9-1-1 call, and Medics a short time later. Meanwhile, the getaway car dropped off the stabbing victim and his sister at Highline Medical Center and then left immediately. The victim was transferred to Harborview.

The injuries suffered by the shooting victim, a 33 year-old Burien resident, are not believed to be life-threatening. However the injuries to the 21 year-old stabbing victim are. He is from Burien also.

There have been no arrests.