West Kelowna man allegedly stabbed at Kelowna Airport

UPDATE 10 a.m.
A 54-year-old West Kelowna man is in hospital with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries after allegedly being stabbed at the Kelowna International Airport Tuesday night.

RCMP say the man returning to his vehicle in long-term parking and, “seemingly interrupted a theft in progress. A confrontation between the victim and the suspect ensued, but quickly escalated to where the suspect produced a knife and allegedly injured the victim.”

An RCMP search failed to turn up a suspect.

“He was described to police as a Caucasian male, 25 to 30 years of age, approximately 5’10” tall, with dark hair, seen wearing a pair of blue jeans, a jean jacket, a plaid shirt and dark baseball cap.”

Police are also looking for witnesses, including a man who reported seeing a fight in progress to the airport valet service.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Kelowna RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

ORIGINAL STORY:

RCMP gathered at the southeast corner of the Kelowna International Airport long-term parking lot after a call to 911 of a medical emergency in row ‘G’ late Tuesday night.

Witnesses said police, fire and paramedics raced to the scene just before 10 p.m.

Global News and vehicle owners were prevented from entering the parking lot by airport security.

By 11 p.m., travellers accessing vehicles were allowed in, but Global News was kept out and not informed why police remained at the scene.

Vehicle owners returning to the parking lot said they saw RCMP search dogs enter the area earlier in the hour as they waited.

The public were not told by security whether it was unsafe to return to their vehicles, but an RCMP SUV patrolled the parking lot for a time as they did.

Airport operations were unaffected by the investigation.

RCMP have yet to release information about the incident.