A 34-year-old Whitby male is facing charges after another male was stabbed inside an Oshawa apartment yesterday.
On Wednesday March 14, 2018 at 4 p.m. officers responded to Lakeridge Health Oshawa after a male was admitted with stab wounds. The victim was stabbed earlier in the day inside his Oshawa apartment in the area of Simcoe Street and Adelaide Avenue. The suspect was arrested on Simcoe Street in Oshawa later in the day and charged. The victim was taken to a Toronto area trauma centre where he remains in stable condition. Police don’t believe this was a random incident.
Shawn WALTERS, age 34, of Dundas Street in Whitby, is charged with: Aggravated Assault; Possession Weapon for Committing Offence and Possess Schedule I Substance (Cocaine). He was held for a bail hearing.
Anyone with new information is asked to contact D/Cst. Grigoriou of the Central East Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-888-579-1520 ext 2737.
Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.