(Image: @bunkyart)

Hundreds of donors have rallied around a Capitol Hill tattoo artist who must undergo medical procedures and surgeries after a nighttime assault earlier this month as she walked near Cal Anderson on the way to the light rail station.

Danielle “Bunky” Oyster detailed the apparently random Saturday, February 10th assault that left her with facial injuries in a fundraiser plea that has raised thousands to help the tattoo artist’s recovery. Oyster told KIRO the situation has become even more dangerous as she is now fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection after the lacerations and stitches to her head.

“This surgery is far more dangerous as they have to make incisions extremely close to the nerves that control my facial functions and expressions, with a very low success rate,” Oyster wrote in her latest update. “But it’s something that needs to be done or the infection will take it over on its own.”

CHS has checked with the Seattle Police Department for details of any investigation of the incident and will update when we learn more.

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