PORTLAND - A man walked into a downtown Portland post office Friday and stabbed an employee before being tackled by other postal workers, police said.
Just before 1 p.m. the suspect entered the University Post Office, at 1505 SW 6th Avenue, and stabbed the employee in the hand, according to Lt. Robert King with Portland police.
Fellow postal workers tackled the suspect and held him down until police arrived, King said.
Officers arrested 47-year-old James Stephen Reagh for second-degree assault.
The victim, later identified as 55-year-old Thomas Peterson, was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
