Stabbing suspect surrenders

Man leaves home on Northwest 18th Avenue after 5-hour standoff

Victor Palmer-Regen is arrested in front of his Northwest 18th Avenue home after a stabbing this morning.

Victor Palmer-Regen walked out of his home on Northwest 18th Avenue at about 2 p.m. Wednesday after a five-hour standoff with the Portland Police.

Police responded to reports of a stabbing at about 9 a.m. Special forces, armored vehicles and canine officers were deployed, but the arrest was made without violence.

Palmer-Regen, 38, was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree criminal mischief. The two victims were taken to the hospital with stab wounds, but authorities said both were expected to survive.

Portland Police employed armed vehicles in response to a stabbing reported Wednesday on NW 18th Avenue. Photo by Curtis Holloway