Two men were rushed to hospital after a stabbing and shooting happened just hours apart on the same street in north Winnipeg.
Police were called to an area near the corner of McGregor Street and Selkirk Avenue, in the William Whyte neighborhood, on a report of a stabbing around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release.
Kevin Walker, head of the Bear Clan Patrol, told CBC News that a member of the volunteer safety group came across the injured man and helped him into a nearby store until police arrived.
The 29-year-old man had “severe upper body trauma,” police said Friday. Officers applied a tourniquet and he was taken to hospital.
They believe the man was attacked a block south on Flora Street by another man before heading to Selkirk for help.
A few hours later — around 3 a.m. Friday — police were called to Flora and Salter streets with a report of another injured man. A 26-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the upper body, police said in a news release.
Officers applied a tourniquet and the man was rushed to hospital.
He is believed to have been shot somewhere in the 400 block of Flora and then walked to the corner at Salter’s to get help.
In both cases, the men were listed in unstable condition when they were taken to hospital but were later upgraded to stable.
At this stage, police said the two incidents do not appear to be related.
No arrests were made in either case. Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call police at 204-986-6219 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477 (TIPS).
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