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Waterloo police investigate assault on Ardelt Avenue in Kitchener

A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser. Kevin Nielsen / Global News

Waterloo regional police say they are continuing to investigate after a person was injured in Kitchener in connection to the weapons call announced on Twitter on Thursday morning.

Officers were dispatched to Ardelt Avenue at around 9:20 a.m. and soon arrived to find a 34-year-old man with facial injuries, according to police.

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Paramedics took the man to an area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Police say officers soon discovered that the man was injured during a fight with another man.

The suspect was said to be wearing a black Toronto Raptors jersey, shorts and a baseball cap and was last spotted heading in the direction of Homer Watson Boulevard.

In a tweet posted shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, the service announced that there would be an increased police presence in the Ardelt Avenue area as police were conducting a weapon’s investigation.

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