Teenager stabbed during altercation in Mission, B.C.
An RCMP vehicle is seen in this file photo.
Mounties in Mission, B.C., say a teenage boy was hospitalized after being stabbed during an altercation in a residential area Friday.
The detachment says officers were called to Alder Street near 1st Avenue around 9:30 p.m. for a reported stabbing involving a group of youth. They arrived to find a 17-year-old suffering from 'an injury consistent with a sharp-edged weapon.'
Police described his injury as serious, but not life-threatening.
The next day, Mounties arrested an 18-year-old man for aggravated assault and searched an 'associated' vehicle and home.
'Mission RCMP's Serious Crimes Unit is continuing to investigate the matter, and do not believe that this was a random attack, or that members of the general public are at risk,' reads a news release issued Tuesday. 'Investigators are asking for any witnesses or any other youth who were present during the incident who have not yet spoken with police to contact Mission RCMP as soon as possible.'
The detachment also asked residents along Alder Street between 1st and 7th avenues who may have security video to call 604-826-7161.
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