A man was airlifted to a Toronto hospital following an early morning stabbing in Cobourg.
Police and paramedics were called to a duplex on Elgin Street East around 1:30 a.m. where they found a man in his 40s outside bleeding near a pickup truck.
According to Cobourg Police Service acting chief Paul Vandeergraaf, the man was first taken to Northumberland Hills Hospital and then airlifted to Sunnybrooke Hospital in Toronto with multiple stab wounds.
He remains in critical but stable condition Vandeergraaf told CHEX News around 11 a.m.
Get breaking National news
Cobourg police were assisted by Port Hope police along with Northumberland OPP’s emergency response team and canine team to search the area.
Less than an hour later, the canine unit located three individuals south of Elgin Street.
Vandeergraaf says they are “persons of interest” – no charges have yet to be laid.
“At this particular time we only see them as persons of interest,” he said.
- Police investigate suspected hate crime after fake severed hand left at Montreal Islamic centre
- Man charged with second-degree murder in Nanaimo woman’s death
- Winnipeg police car and suspect on scooter collide, prompting watchdog investigation
- North Vancouver mall behind tape after police-involved shooting
Police remain at the house.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cobourg police at 905-372-6821 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
— More to come
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.