Detectives Investigating Stabbing in St. Catharines Shopping Centre
Niagara Regional Police responded just after 5:40 Saturday afternoon to a report of a stabbing in St. Catharines Officers attended the Pen Centre on Glendale Avenue and spoke with a 20-year-old male victim suffering from a stab wound. Niagara EMS paramedics treated the victim at the scene. The victim was transported to a local hospital for further care of what is believed to be a minor non-life-threatening injury. The initial investigation determined the victim had been walking in the mall when he was confronted by two males near the food court. After a brief conversation one of the males pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim. The two male suspects ran from scene though the mall. They discarded the knife as they ran. The suspects left the property in an unknown vehicle. The identity of the suspects is unknown.
Suspect 1: Male, white, wearing a black jacket with a yellow cross-body style bag over his right shoulder and under his left arm, a blue or black baseball hat with the circular sticker still affixed to the brim and a white/grey/black graffiti patterned hooded sweater. This suspect was carrying a large paper bag (stabbed the victim).
Suspect 2: Male, white, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a red and white Toronto Raptors logo on the front, grey pants and was carrying a purple graffiti styled skateboard.
Suspect 1 and 2 are believed to be young persons under the age of 18.
Detectives continue to develop suspect information. They have learned the suspects may have been involved in a theft related incident with other youths in the mall prior to the incident. Detectives are appealing to anyone who may have had an interaction with the suspects, witnessed the incident, or have any information to contact them by calling 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009511.
