Man assaults woman with umbrella and brandishes knife downtown, Olympia WA

Assault

Reported: 11/15/2025 05:01 PM

8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA

An assault occurred downtown near Temple and 8th Avenue SE. A man struck a woman with an umbrella while showing a knife. The woman was last seen walking south on Franklin Street with a pit bull. The suspect, a tall, thin black male in his 30s, fled northbound.

Audio|Source: Thurston County Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement

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Transcript:

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This was the downtown area, taking the assault occurred last, two involving a knife in the area, Temple,

00:06

201, 8th, south-east.

00:08

Two boy, 33.

00:15

2033 on a cover unit, suspect brandishing knife towards the library.

00:19

Female victim on Franklin southbound, I don't know who the caller is yet.

00:24

They're advising two transactions involved.

00:30

I mean the female victim is walking with a pit bull the male theme striking the female with an umbrella the knife was visible don't know if it was in place

00:53

A residential border alarm activation for information, near Country Club Drive Northwest, garage the house door with quite a bit of history since July.

01:03

It's attached,

01:04

information, some...

01:09

The party is a bystander to observe what happened and both subjects out of sight now.

01:22

Is that 30 in the area?

01:27

30 copies.

01:29

Radio 2.33.

01:31

2.33.

01:36

I'm in the area.

01:38

What was there in the last down direction of travel?

01:44

So the female victim was last southbound on Franklin.

01:48

The male went the other direction northbound.

01:50

A further description for him is a black male in his 30s, tall, thin, and scrubbed.

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Two King 30.

02:01

Two King 30.

02:04

Let's job on Franklin all the way to Union.

02:06

I didn't see a female with that football.

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8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA

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