Police looking to identify assault suspect
Police are continuing to investigate an assault that injured two people and are requesting public assistance in identifying the suspect.
Thunder Bay Police Service officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Court Street South shortly after 3 a.m. on October 27, 2024, after receiving reports that two people had been assaulted by a suspect with an edged weapon.
A male and a female had been walking when they were attacked by a male suspect on the sidewalk in the area of the 200 block of Bay Street.
Both victims sustained injuries and were transported to hospital for further treatment of injuries that were not life threatening.
Investigators are requesting public assistance in identifying the suspect. The suspect is described as an Indigenous male between the age of 25 and 40, approximately 6'0" in height with a medium build, and has distinctive upper canine teeth that point up and out. He was wearing a grey or dark coloured hoodie with a red or burgundy backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (807) 684-1200. Tips can be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
