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Sargent Avenue closed as Winnipeg police investigate overnight stabbing

Sargent Avenue was closed Wednesday morning. Abigail Turner/Global News

Sargent Avenue was closed Wednesday morning after police moved in to investigate an assault.

Winnipeg police closed the busy street between Toronto and Beverley Streets at 1:15 a.m. and it was still closed at 7:25 a.m.

Police said the early-morning incident took place in the 700 block of Sargent, and a man was taken to hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

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Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call police at 204-986-6219, or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

Winnipeg police on the scene on Sargent Avenue on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Abigail Turner/Global News

 

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