Winnipeg police respond to a stabbing in the 200 block of Portage Avenue on September 23, 2026. (SUBMITTED)
Winnipeg police are investigating after a 46-year-old man was seriously injured in a downtown stabbing Wednesday evening.
Officers responded to the 200 block of Portage Avenue around 5:45 p.m., where they found the victim suffering from serious upper-body injuries. Police applied a chest seal before paramedics arrived. The man was taken to hospital in unstable condition and later upgraded to stable.
The suspect or suspects fled before police arrived. Investigators learned the victim was confronted by several unknown suspects in the 300 block of Portage Avenue, where one of them stabbed him with an unknown weapon. He later made his way to a nearby business for help, where police were called.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (204) 986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (204) 786-TIPS.
