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Man in hospital after stabbing on Portage Avenue near Sherbrook Street

Police on scene at the Sherbrook and Portage McDonalds parking lot Tuesday. Joey Dante/Submitted

A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the West End Tuesday, say Winnipeg police.

Police were called to the scene at the corner of Portage Avenue and Sherbrook Street Tuesday at about 6 a.m.

Police had two areas taped off, including the McDonald’s restaurant parking lot and the sidewalk on the east side of Sherbrook Street.

Po. Abigail Turner/Global News

There was no immediate word on the condition of the victim. Police said they had no other further information at the moment.

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A window is smashed at the West Broadway Youth Outreach Centre.

The McDonald’s lot is the same parking lot where a man was stabbed to death June 19.

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Robert James Forbister, 33, died in hospital after being stabbed in the parking lot at 4:35 a.m.

He was the city’s 19th homicide of 2020.

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