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Calgary Transit officer stabbed in arm near CTrain station
BY The Canadian Press, Oct 21, 2024 4:49 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
The Calgary Police Service says it's believed two peace officers approached an unknown man who was seen drinking alcohol in a bus shelter near the Chinook CTrain Station on Friday night.
A man has been arrested after a stabbing at a Calgary light-rail station that police say injured a transit peace officer.
The Calgary Police Service says it's believed two peace officers approached an unknown man who was seen drinking alcohol in a bus shelter near the Chinook CTrain Station on Friday night.
Police allege the man became combative and produced a knife, and after a brief struggle, one of the peace officers was stabbed in the arm.
The suspect fled, police say, but was taken into custody by the peace officers a short distance away.
The 42-year-old from Calgary has been charged with assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and failing to comply with a release order.
The peace officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and has since been released.
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