Grant County Juvenile Jailed After Slashing 2 Victims

A 17-year-old male teen is in the Chelan County Juvenile Justice Center on multiiple charges following a knife assault.

  The teen is accused of slashing a man and woman

The Grant County Sheriff's Office now says the teen was arrested early Sunday morning after the assault.

Around 2:13 AM GCSO Deputies and Coulee Dam Police were called to a location in Coulee City, and were told the teen had slashed the two victims.

Deputies say there was a fight at a party at the location, most of the people had left before police arrived, but the teen left the home and then returned with a large kitchen knife.

He swung the knife at a 22-year-old female, badly slashing the back of her head. He then repeated the assault on a 20-year-old male, leaving a wound to his chest. The teen was tackled and restrained by others at the location until Officers arrived.

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GCSO did not specify why, but the teen was transported to the Chelan County Juvenile Justice Center, where he's facing 1st. Degree Assault and Harassment Charges.