Kingston Police autos on scene at Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge within the Cataraqui Woods Sq. plaza, positioned on the north aspect of Princess Avenue simply east of Bayridge Drive, after somebody was assaulted with a knife on the night time of Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Picture by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist.
Editor’s word: This text has been up to date because it was initially revealed at 11:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Please see backside of article for many lately up to date info.
A verbal altercation in a neighborhood bar turned violent when a type of concerned within the dispute stabbed one other one who tried to intervene, in line with Kingston Police.
Simply after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, Kingston Police and Frontenac Paramedics had been dispatched to a reported assault involving a weapon that occurred at “an establishment located in the area of Princess Street and Bayridge Drive.” The situation was Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge, positioned within the purchasing plaza on the north aspect of Princess Avenue simply east of Bayridge Drive, the place a lot of Kingston Police autos and ambulances shortly pulled into the parking zone of the plaza immediately in entrance of the bar.
That night time, Frontenac Paramedics transported the sufferer to hospital, accompanied by a police escort, Kingston reporters noticed on the scene. It additionally appeared that somebody was arrested.
Kingston Law enforcement officials communicate to at least one one other in conjunction with a Frontenac Paramedics ambulance out entrance of Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge.
Kingston Police on scene as they examine the assault after the sufferer had been transported to hospital.Photographs by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.
In accordance with a press launch from Kingston Police on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, their responding officers “located the victim who was suffering from injuries to their hand and torso after being assaulted with a knife.” Police additionally positioned the accused assailant, whom police stated, “remained on scene after other patrons came to the aid of the victim.”
“Through the course of investigation, it was determined that the accused and another individual got into a verbal argument inside the establishment, resulting in the accused brandishing a knife,” Kingston Police stated.
“The victim attempted to interject and was subsequently assaulted by the accused.”
Police stated the sufferer was transported to hospital and handled for “serious injuries.” On account of their investigation, Kingston Police stated, a 53-year-old from Kingston was arrested and charged with:
Two counts of assault with a weaponPossession of a weapon harmful to public peaceCarrying a hid weapon
The accused particular person was taken to Kingston Police Headquarters the place they had been held for a bail listening to, in line with the discharge.
In response to Kingstonist inquiries, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, stated that the accused particular person and the sufferer are identified to at least one one other. As such, police aren’t figuring out the accused particular person to guard the sufferer’s identification, and likewise as a result of the assault was “an isolated incident,” Colangeli defined.
UPDATE (Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at 4:20 p.m.):
Kingston Police have issued an replace on their investigation into the assault with a knife that occurred at Jimmy’s Sports activities Lounge within the metropolis’s west finish over the weekend.
The incident, which occurred when the sufferer tried to intervene in a verbal altercation, concerned an edged weapon, like a knife, which the accused particular person used to chop the sufferer (see above). Though police have already introduced an arrest in reference to the Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, assault, investigators are asking for extra witnesses to return ahead, Kingston Police stated in an replace on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
The Kingston Police Main Crime Unit is asking anybody with info on the incident who has not already spoken to police or who could have left the bar previous to police arrival to contact Detective Constable Chris Prepare dinner through electronic mail at [email protected].
Police haven’t recognized the accused particular person on this case, nor the sufferer. Though Kingston Police reported earlier that the sufferer and the accused particular person are identified to at least one one other, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, clarified that the 2 had been interacting previous to the incident, however didn’t know each other moreover that. As such, it was not a random assault, however the sufferer and the accused weren’t identified to at least one one other previous to their interactions. Police, who initially reported the accused particular person as being “local,” are at the moment working to verify the precise place of residence of the accused. This text might be up to date if/when additional info turns into obtainable.
