Suspect arrested in downtown assault

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is accused of arming himself with a knife and assaulting a passerby inside a downtown building.

Winnipeg police received several calls about a disturbance involving a man with a knife in the 300 block of Portage Avenue at about 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30. The perpetrator knocked a man to the ground who had been walking through the building. The other man was able to disarm him of the knife, and several bystanders stepped in to help until police arrived, the Winnipeg Police Service stated in a news release Sunday.

The victim had minor injuries and was treated by paramedics on scene.

During the arrest, police used a Taser on the suspect, “who was unco-operative and continued to be violent,” the police service stated in the release..

An 18-year-old man faces charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon. He was released on an undertaking and his name hasn’t been publicly released.