Police have laid charges in connection with a stabbing outside a Main Street hotel Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the New West Hotel around 7:30 a.m. after a 25-year-old man walked into the hotel suffering from stab wounds.
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The man was rushed to hospital, where he remains in stable condition.
Police say the man was hit with an imitation firearm and stabbed numerous times after getting into a fight with another man in front of the hotel.
Officers found the other man at the same hotel just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, but police say he resisted arrest and threatened to hurt officers while reaching for a knife.
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The man was safely taken into custody soon after.
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Justin Tyler Daniel Dumas, 25, of Winnipeg, is facing a long list of charges, including aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and two counts of assaulting a peace officer.
He has been detained in custody.
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