A woman was hospitalized Friday morning after being stabbed and having her car stolen in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, according to Seattle police. Officers responded around 9:15 a.m. after a 911 caller reported a woman who was naked, covered in blood, and saying someone was trying to kill her. She was found with a stab wound near North Market Street and Palatine Avenue North and told officers she had been stabbed and her car taken.
Seattle Fire Department crews transported the woman to Harborview Medical Center for treatment, as reported by KING 5. Her current condition has not been publicly released, according to fox13seattle.com. Officers recovered the woman's car about 30 minutes later on North 39th Street near Whitman Avenue North, with the keys still in the ignition, per the station's report.
Police Say She Fought Back
Police said the woman fought back against the suspect during the attack, and investigators believe the suspect may be injured as a result. Investigators also said the woman and suspect appear to know each other, though the nature of that relationship was not immediately clear.
According to kiro7.com, police were also investigating the 900 block of North 39th Street, which they believe is connected to the case. No suspect has been taken into custody, and authorities are still investigating what led up to the stabbing, the same report notes.
Other Seattle Stabbing and Carjacking Cases
Other Seattle carjackings involving stabbings have been reported in recent months. In August 2025, a man reported that someone claiming to have a flat tire stabbed him in the neck and tried to steal his car in North Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department Blotter. Weeks later, on September 30, 2025, a man was stabbed in Capitol Hill when a suspect opened his car door and attacked him during an attempted carjacking, per the department's blotter.
Seattle police are continuing to search for the suspect in Friday's Ballard attack. No further details about the woman's condition, the suspect's identity, or the events leading up to the stabbing have been released.
