Winnipeg police search for suspect in St. Boniface stabbing
Winnipeg cops say they’re investigating a stabbing at a St. Boniface-area park Monday afternoon.
Officers found a 24-year-old victim with life-threatening injuries on Dumoulin Street just after 4 p.m. The man was rushed to hospital in critical condition, since upgraded to stable.
According to police, the victim was with a suspect at Orange Park when a fight broke out and escalated to the victim being stabbed multiple times in the upper body.
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Although the suspect fled the scene after the incident, police said they found the weapon used in the attack and are looking for a man between 20 and 25 years old, five feet five inches tall, with long black hair in a ponytail. The man was wearing a dark hoodie and khaki pants at the time.
Anyone with information is asked to call major crimes investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
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