Officers responded to a report of a man threatening to stab people near Memorial Boulevard and St. Mary around 5 p.m., the Winnipeg Police Service said in a Saturday news release. A short time later, officers on general patrol found a 41-year-old man with a stab wound to the upper body at Broadway and Balmoral streets. Officers applied a chest seal to the man, who was taken to a hospital in unstable condition and later upgraded to stable, the release said. Police say before stabbing the man and running away, the 24-year-old had also threatened and chased several people in the area with a sharp weapon and thrown an unknown object at a Winnipeg Transit bus, causing about $500 in damage. Officers also say their investigation determined the man had approached a 32-year-old woman on Young Street, between Broadway and Portage Avenue, and threatened to stab her. The woman got into her home safely as the man allegedly threatened to kill her family, police said. The suspect also approached a 54-year-old man at Portage Avenue and Furby Street and attempted to stab him. That person was able to get away safely, police said. Officers found the suspect in the incidents around 5:15 p.m. at Portage Avenue and Sherbrook Street and arrested him after a short chase. Police believe the man did not know the victims and the attacks were random and unprovoked. The 24-year-old Winnipeg man is charged with three counts of assault with a weapon and one count each of threats to cause death or bodily harm, malicious damage to property under $5,000 and possession of a weapon. He is also charged with two counts of failing to comply with the terms of a parole order.
