Court docs: Victim brutally stabbed outside Microsoft campus was randomly targeted

Police searching for stabbing suspect in Redmond, 1 injured

Editor's note: The Redmond Police Department announced at 7:19 a.m. that the suspect has been arrested. This story aired at 7:06 a.m.

REDMOND, Wash. - A man who was stabbed near Microsoft's campus in Redmond on Wednesday was randomly targeted by the suspect, according to court documents.

At 7:51 p.m., the Redmond Police Department (RPD) announced on Twitter that their officers responded to a stabbing near the corner of 156th Ave. NE and NE 28th St. This is location is right outside of Microsoft's One Esterra building.

The victim was found with over a dozen stab wounds and had major blood loss.

The assault only stopped because someone screamed at the suspect to stop, according to court documents. Witnesses said the attack lasted only 10 seconds.

Not only was the attack brief, but it appears to have been random.

Joseph Cantrell (Redmond Police)

"The defendant attacked the victim, an apparent stranger, as he walked down the street. Very little time appears to have passed between the defendant walking up behind the victim and beginning his vicious and brutal attack," court documents said.

The victim still appears to be in critical condition in the hospital. He had to undergo several specialty surgeries to close his wounds and suffered a brain bleed and skull fracture.

On Thursday, the RPD announced that the North Sound Metro SWAT team executed a warrant after learning the suspect had barricaded himself inside his apartment nearby.

The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Joseph Cantrell, was taken into custody around 1:00 a.m. and was booked into King County Jail.

Cantrell has been charged with second-degree attempted murder.

Prosecutors believe Cantrell is a flight risk and is likely to commit another violent crime, if released. They asked a judge to set bail at $2 million.

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