Teen stabbed at grad bush party narrowly survives: Winnipeg police
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"Our officers were told when they arrived at the hospital that had those attempts to stabilize not occurred, this would have been a homicide," WPS Const. Jay Murray said Monday.
An annual bush party for recent graduates turned into a major crime scene over the weekend, after a teen was stabbed in a remote area of Winnipeg’s Charleswood neighbourhood.
Winnipeg police say they arrived at Community Row and Wilkes Avenue shortly after 12:39 a.m. Saturday after learning of a stabbing.
Officers didn’t immediately find anyone there, but after driving two kilometres down Community Row’s gravel road, a group of teens flagged them down, WPS Const. Jay Murray said at a Monday press conference.
Two officers, equipped with medical supplies, trekked with them through about a kilometre of heavy bush and muddy terrain to get to the 18-year-old victim, who was seriously injured with stab wounds.
“I can tell you they were quite severe,” Murray said.
The pair stabilized the young man using bandages and chest seals with the help of emergency medical personnel and more police officers, before taking turns carrying him back to an ambulance on Community Row, he said.
“Our officers were told when they arrived at the hospital that had those attempts to stabilize not occurred, this would have been a homicide.”
Fortunately, the young man has since been upgraded from critical to stable condition, Murray said.