{"id":826059,"date":"2026-07-25T22:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826059\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:47:09","slug":"man-in-wheelchair-stabbed-during-random-assault-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826059\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in wheelchair stabbed during random assault in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man in his 20s who uses a wheelchair was in a courtyard on Selkirk Avenue, east of Andrews Street, when he was stabbed at around 2 p.m. Friday, police said in a release Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>38-year-old charged following incident on Selkirk Avenue Friday afternoon, police say<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/author\/arturo-chang-1.6129119\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arturo Chang<\/a>  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Jul 25, 2026 4:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A close-up photo of a Winnipeg Police Service shoulder patch.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785019629_728_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Winnipeg police say the suspect fled but was found nearby. (Trevor Brine\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>A 38-year-old man has been charged after a stabbing that Winnipeg police say was a random assault.<\/p>\n<p>A man in his 20s who uses a wheelchair was in a courtyard on Selkirk Avenue, east of Andrews Street, when he was stabbed at around 2 p.m. Friday, police said in a release Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the perpetrator was an unknown man who appeared unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was transported to hospital in unstable condition, and was later upgraded to stable.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect fled, but was quickly arrested nearby. <\/p>\n<p>A 38-year-old man was charged with assault with a weapon and detained in custody, police said<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba A man in his 20s who uses a wheelchair was in a courtyard on Selkirk Avenue, east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-826059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}