Whereas responding to a severe stabbing in Purple Deer, Alta., on Monday afternoon, one RCMP officer was additionally stabbed and one other bitten by the suspect, RCMP stated in a information launch Tuesday.
RCMP have been referred to as to 50 Avenue and 52 Avenue at round 4:30 p.m.
Witnesses reported that particular person was attacked by somebody they didn’t know, who then ran away. The sufferer was taken to hospital with severe, life-threatening accidents, RCMP stated.
Officers discovered the suspect and tried to arrest him on 51 Avenue and 48 Avenue, however he ran away.
RCMP chased him, and throughout the arrest, “the suspect stabbed one officer a number of instances and bit one other,” RCMP stated.
The suspect was arrested.
Purple Deer RCMP examine within the Riverlands space of the Alberta metropolis March 18, 2025.
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RCMP have been notified about one other stabbing sufferer close to 48 Avenue and 50 Avenue. That particular person was additionally taken to hospital with non-life-threating accidents, handled and launched.
The injured officer was taken to hospital with severe, non-life-threatening accidents and has since been launched.
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“Our officers have been in a position to reply to this incident and find the suspect in lower than 10 minutes,” stated Supt. Holly Glassford, detachment commander of the Purple Deer RCMP. “The accidents to our officers spotlight the hazards that police face when responding to rising and harmful threats that repeat offenders pose to our communities.”
The motivations for the assault are nonetheless beneath investigation.
RCMP have charged Purple Deer resident, 34-year-old Randall Andrew Cardinal, with aggravated assault of a Peace Officer, assaulting a Peace Officer inflicting bodily hurt, two counts of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for harmful function, two counts of assaulting a Peace Officer with intent to withstand arrest, resisting a peace officer in execution of his obligation and carrying a hid weapon.
The accused is in custody and is scheduled to look in courtroom on Wednesday.
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