Charge: Man stabbed homeless camper at Woodland Park The defendants allegedly said of his victim, 'He won't be sleeping in that spot anymore'

Photo: Katja Kircher/Getty Images/Maskot A 58-year-old man reportedly stabbed a longtime homeless camper at...

A 58-year-old man reportedly stabbed a longtime homeless camper at Woodland Park earlier this month, referring to the area as "his park" and claiming he wouldn't allow any other homeless sleepers there, King County prosecutors say.

Glenn Legg is charged with second-degree assault after a man was stabbed in the forehead March 17.

Seattle police responded about 2 p.m. to the 5800 block of Green Lake Way North, where callers reported that one man held a man armed with a knife to the ground.

Cops arrived at a shelter on the park grounds to find one man bleeding from the face and another -- identified as Legg --with blood on his face, clothes and hands. The alleged victim told officers the other man stabbed him.

Medics took the victim to Harborview Medical Center for treatment of a 3-inch cut to his forehead.

The victim told officers he had lived in the park for several years without any problems and did not know the attacker, according to the incident reports. However, that afternoon he was sitting on his sleeping bag when a man came yelling at him and immediately attacked him, court documents say.

The assailant stabbed him in the forehead and the victim grabbed his wrist in a physical struggle to prevent another strike, reports indicate. Though the attacker repeatedly yelled that he would kill him, the victim eventually was able to hold the man on the ground until help arrived, according to police accounts.

Police recovered a bloody folding knife from Legg's pants pocket. While being taken to Swedish Cherry Hill Hospital for medical treatment, Legg allegedly made voluntary statements such as, "I stabbed him and "He won't be sleeping there anymore," according to police reports. He also reportedly referred to the park as "his park" and that he wouldn't allow any other people to sleep there.

After treatment at the hospital, officers took Legg to King County Jail. Police could not immediately determine whether he was also homeless.

Cops determined that Legg is listed in the FBI's National Crime Information Center as a violent offender.

Legg was charged March 22 and remains held on $200,000 bail.