Durham police say they’ve charged with a person with aggravated assault after a “very violent” stabbing in Whitby, Ont. left a male critically injured on Thursday.
The stabbing occurred at Motel 6 at 165 Shoppers Rd., in keeping with the Durham Regional Police Service. Police had been known as to the scene at 3:07 p.m.
Paramedics took the sufferer, who was stabbed within the higher physique, to a Toronto trauma centre.
The accused, 27, is in custody.
Responsibility Insp. Sean Sitaram, spokesperson for Durham police, instructed reporters on the scene that the accused fled the motel however was captured by officers a brief distance away.
Sitaram mentioned officers from a variety of divisions in Whitby and Oshawa, together with the Durham police canine unit and its helicopter, looked for the person and positioned him.
Police say they’ve charged the accused with aggravated assault. (Patrick Swadden/CBC)
“Officers converged on this location to search for an impressive suspect that fled from this location right into a greenbelt simply east of right here,” he mentioned.
The person was arrested, he added.
Police are more likely to be on the scene for a while and are interesting for witnesses to return ahead.
“We’re gathering statements from the those who had been staying at this location, in addition to reviewing video surveillance,” Sitaram mentioned.
Different motel visitors heard screaming
Shyann Blue and Andrew Wells. two individuals who had been staying on the motel, reported listening to somebody screaming on the high of their lungs in a close-by room.
“Principally me and my boyfriend had been simply laying in mattress and we simply began listening to screaming and at first we thought it was simply any individual … being bizarre or one thing,” Blue mentioned.
When the couple walked out, they noticed the lodge managers, who mentioned they had been simply asking the folks to go away. The couple then went to get meals, however got here again to see police surrounding the lodge.
The couple, who expect to get a refund, mentioned they noticed the sufferer carried out on a stretcher.
