Neighbor shoots knife-wielding man during dispute in Lakewood, police say

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A neighbor shot a man armed with a knife during a domestic dispute in Lakewood on Friday afternoon, according to Sgt. Charles Porsche with the Lakewood Police Department.

Police were called just after 1 p.m. to the 9200 block of 117th Street Court Southwest, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Tacoma. Porsche said officers learned a man involved in the incident was holding a knife when a next-door neighbor came outside with a gun in an attempt to intervene.

According to police, the man with the knife advanced toward the armed neighbor, who then fired several shots. At least one round struck the man with the knife…

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