PORTLAND, Ore. — Police say a man is facing several charges, including for attempted murder, after allegedly stabbing a woman inside a restaurant Saturday afternoon.
At 12:27 p.m., officers responded to a report on the stabbing at a restaurant in the 400 block of Northeast Hassalo Street. When they arrived, the suspect, 42-year-old Elias L. Lavelle, was in the doorway holding a knife, and when officers “challenged” him, he complied and was detained.
Officers also found a customer at the restaurant who had “knife injuries” that were serious but not life threatening, though she declined medical transportation and was treated at the scene…