Man sentenced to 20 years for stabbing of teen, police say
Published 4:45 pm Tuesday, October 27, 2026
EVERETT — A Snohomish County judge sentenced a 23-year-old man Tuesday to 20 years in prison in relation to a stabbing last year of a middle school boy.
Just before 8 a.m. Jan. 16, 2025, the 13-year-old was walking to school along 25th Street in Everett when a man he did not know, later identified as Andrew Freeman, stabbed the teen with a folding pocket knife, according to an Everett Police Department social media post.
At the time, the victim told police that Freeman, wearing a black ski mask, punched him in the head, The Daily Herald previously reported. In an attempt to escape, the victim ran across Broadway toward Henry’s Donuts. When the boy fell while running, Freeman stabbed him multiple times, according to the probable cause statement.
The boy escaped and ran to North Middle School for help.
Everett Fire transported the victim to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett and later to the pediatric intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center with multiple stab wounds.
Video footage retrieved by the Everett police from Wendy’s and Henry’s showed the attack play out.
Less than one hour after the stabbing, Freeman, still unidentified as a person of interest by police, was booked into Snohomish County Jail on an unrelated charge. He was released the next day from jail.
Investigators collected images of the suspect from multiple nearby businesses and shared them with the public, the Everett Police’s post said. The following week, a community member recognized Freeman from the bulletin and notified investigators.
On Jan. 19, 2025, police publicly identified Freeman as a person of interest, The Daily Herald reported. Ten days later, police arrested Freeman, the post said.
In September, after a six-and-a-half-day trial, a jury convicted Freeman of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon enhancement and rapid recidivism aggravator due to being released from jail shortly before the stabbing, the post said.
On Tuesday, Freeman was sentenced in Snohomish County Superior Court to 20 years in prison, the post said.
Jenna Millikan: 425-339-3035; jenna.millikan@heraldnet.com. X: @JennaMillikan
