Man Stabs Self to Death After Suspected Shoreline Car Prowl

A man killed himself with a knife Tuesday morning after being confronted by a delivery driver who thought the man was prowling his work vehicle, witnesses told the Shoreline Police Department.

According to the police department, the delivery driver was stopped at a business near N. 175th Street and Aurora Ave. N. around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted the man looking through his work truck.

The driver confronted the man, later identified as a 38-year-old Seattle resident, who pulled a knife and walked away several blocks to N. 180th Street and Stone Ave. N., according to the Shoreline Police Department.

The driver called 9-1-1 while following the man from a distance, and dispatchers advised the driver to stay put and wait for police, according to police.

But according to witnesses, the man started to stab himself several times until he collapsed at N. 182nd Street and Stone Ave. N., where Shoreline Police officers found him, the police department reported. Police and then the Shoreline Fire Department attempted CPR, but attempts to revive the man were unsuccessful, police said.

The King County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit responded and is investigating the incident, according to the Shoreline Police Department. 

"The investigation is ongoing, detectives are checking into the background of the Seattle resident to help determine what may have contributed to his actions," according to the Shoreline Police Department on its website.