Saskatoon Police are searching for five suspects involved in two stabbings and a robbery last night.
At approximately 6:00 p.m., December 1, 2020, Patrol officers were dispatched to a business in the 2400 block of 22nd Street West for a report of an armed robbery. It was reported to Police that a group of six individuals, approximately 18-years-old, entered the store, some without masks on. When the employee asked them to leave, one individual threatened him with a knife. The group fled the store with stolen property. The employee stated that he chased them for a short distance before a male suspect threatened him with a firearm, before continuing to flee.
At approximately 6:45 p.m., December 1, 2020, Patrol members attended to hospital for two victims who had been stabbed. Both victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. A 51-year-old male was approached from behind and stabbed after he observed a group of teens running near 22nd Street and Avenue S. The second victim, a 50-year-old male, was walking in the 2100 block of 22nd Street W when he was approached by an individual from the same group and assaulted with a knife.
At approximately 11:15 p.m., December 1, 2020, Police responded to a restaurant in the 2200 block of 22nd Street West. The complainant reported that a fight was occurring and one male had produced a knife. Police arrested a 13-year-old male who matched a suspect description from the previous assaults and robbery.
The four outstanding suspects are described as being approximately 18-years-old, all wearing sweaters or jackets with their hoods up. Some were wearing masks. One female suspect is described as having dyed blonde hair. The second female suspect is described as being approximately 6’ tall with a round face. She had shoulder-length dark hair and was dressed in all black. The remainder of the suspects are all male, one of which had shaggy, dark hair and a black Adidas track suit on. Another is described as wearing light, blue jeans with a grey bunnyhug. The final suspect description involves a male wearing a light-coloured bunnyhug with blue jeans and a backpack.
The investigation is ongoing.
If you have any information on these incidents, please call the Saskatoon Police Service at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
(Occurrence Number: 20-123347)