Stabbing incident under investigation

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an assault that left two people injured on the city’s north side early New Year’s morning.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response Unit were dispatched to the zero-to-100 block of Cumberland Street South just before 12:35 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, following reports of an assault with a weapon that had just occurred.

When police arrived, they located a male and female victim who appeared to have injuries consistent with a recent stabbing.

Paramedics with Superior North EMS transported both victims to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre for further evaluation and treatment of their injuries.

Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries and have been released from the hospital.

Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Major Crimes Unit are now involved in the ongoing investigation.

As a result of their investigation, police have learned two males became involved in an altercation outside of a bar. The altercation became physical, and as a result one of the involved males sustained injuries consistent with a stabbing.

A female not involved in the altercation also became injured when she exited a nearby bar and unwittingly found herself in the middle of the ongoing assault.

Her injuries were also consistent with a stabbing.

Major Crimes Unit investigators continue to work toward identifying the suspect involved.

If you have any information that could assist investigators please call police at (807) 684-1200. You can submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.