A 41-year-old man who police say is a violent offender has been charged following an unprovoked attack in central Edmonton last week.
At about 7:10 p.m. on Friday, police say a man was out for a walk with his wife and daughter in the area of 118 Street and 100 Avenue.
As they were walking down the sidewalk, a man jumped out of the bushes and began screaming at the family, the Edmonton Police Service said in a news release Thursday afternoon. Then, without being provoked, the suspect stabbed the man who was with his family in the back. The suspect then ran off on foot, police said.
Paramedics responded and transported the man to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the attack was random, and not racially motivated.
Police quickly identified the suspect and searched the river valley for hours that evening.
Travis Shane Morgan, of Edmonton, was taken into custody on Monday. He is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and breach of condition.
Police say Morgan is a violent offender who was wanted on 28 warrants for various assault and property-related crimes.