On July 9 around 9:30pm, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP Detachment were called to a disturbance on 5th Avenue N.E.
A report was received that a young man was in a yard threatening people. When officers arrived at the home, they found an 18-year-old man laying on the driveway with a stab wound to his chest. The man was taken to the Dauphin Hospital where he was treated for his injury.
A short time later, the suspect, who had fled on foot, was located by investigators and was arrested.
Investigators determined that what started out as a verbal argument quickly turned into a physical fight where the accused pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the victim.
A 17-year-old youth from Duck Bay, Manitoba, has been charged with assault With a weapon and breach of undertaking and has been remanded in custody to appear in a Dauphin Court on July 12, 2010.
The accused and the victim are known to one another.
The investigation continues.
Cst. Robert Tuff
Dauphin RCMP Detachment
204-622-5020
