A 15-year-old boy is facing multiple assault charges in connection with a stabbing Sunday in a Niagara Falls residential neighbourhood.
Niagara Police say the victim was found suffering serious injuries from a knife just after 6:30 p.m. at a home on Simcoe Street near St. Lawrence Avenue.
Investigators say the teen was being chased by a suspect to a friend’s house on Simcoe Street.
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“The suspect caught him on the porch and physically assaulted him,” a Niagara police spokesperson said.
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“The second victim exited the house and was cut by the suspect with a knife.”
The youth was taken to hospital by paramedics.
All three teens, two of them 16-year-olds, were known to each other, according to detectives.
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The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can reach out to Niagara Police or Crime Stoppers.
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