Man charged after random stabbing of wheelchair user in Winnipeg

A 38-year-old man has been charged after a person using a wheelchair was stabbed in a random assault on Selkirk Avenue Friday afternoon, Winnipeg police say.

Officers from the Winnipeg Police Service’s North District responded to a stabbing in the 400 block of Selkirk Avenue at approximately 2 p.m. on July 24.

Police said the victim, a man in his 20s, was sitting in a wheelchair in a courtyard when an unknown man approached unexpectedly and stabbed him.

The suspect fled but was quickly located and taken into custody in the 100 block of Powers Street.

Police provided emergency medical care to the victim before he was transported to hospital in unstable condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable.

A 38-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon and was detained in custody.