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Victim remains critical days after fight outside Oshawa bar

The Canadian Brewhouse on Simcoe Street North. Google Street View

A victim remains in critical condition around a week and a half after a fight outside of a bar in Oshawa, police say.

Durham Regional Police said it happened on June 10 outside The Canadian Brewhouse on Simcoe Street North, near Winchester Road.

Police said there was a verbal altercation between a male suspect and the victim.

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The suspect concealed an object in his hand and hit the victim in the face, knocking him to the ground, police said.

The victim was taken to a Toronto-area trauma centre and police said Tuesday that he remains in critical but stable condition.

A police spokesperson said the fight happened outside in the parking lot, noting that both the victim and the suspect were in the bar just prior.

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“We are looking for witnesses who may have been in the Brewhouse that evening,” the spokesperson said.

Oshawa resident Tyler Wood, 32, was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, and failing to comply with an undertaking.

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