A 36 year-old male is facing charges, including Attempt Murder following a stabbing incident on Sunday, December 6 in the 3300 block of 6th Avenue.
At approximately 12:19 a.m. on Sunday, December 6th, Regina Police Service patrol officers came upon an incident in the 3300 block of 6th Avenue, in which a male, in the driver’s seat of a stopped vehicle, was engaged in a struggle with a male who was wielding a knife. When the officers identified themselves as police, the assailant dropped the knife and fled the scene. One officer gave chase, tackled the suspect and took him into custody, with the help of other officers who had just arrived. The 31 year-old victim had sustained numerous stab wounds, including one which had severed an artery. The officers applied a tourniquet until EMS arrived onscene and transported the victim to hospital with injuries described as life-threatening. At hospital, the attending physician indicated that the victim might not have survived without the officers’ intervention at the scene. The resulting investigation led to charges against the 36 year-old suspect.
Thirty-six year-old William John CRAWFORD, DOB: 1978-12-21, of Riceton, SK, is charged with Attempt Murder, sec. 239(1)(b) CC; Mischief Under $5,000, sec. 430(4) CC; Possession of a Scheduled Substance (marihuana), sec. 4(5) CDSA; Possession of a Scheduled Substance (cocaine), sec. 4(1) CDSA; and Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, sec. 88 CC. CRAWFORD made his first court appearance in Provincial Court this morning: Monday, December 7, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.