Man stabbed at least one person, slashed another, robbed at least two people and sparked a car crash involving two police vehicles and a taxi
A knife-wielding man who injured at least three people in a nighttime rampage in downtown Victoria has been remanded in police custody.
A police officer and the taxi driver were injured in the crash near the intersection of Cook and Yates streets. Officers had been responding to reports of the armed man.The first officer on the scene spotted the suspect near the intersection of Yates and Vancouver streets and ran after him. The officer used a conducted energy weapon with no effect then tackled the suspect. Officers recovered a knife during the arrest.
The first victim said the man had held a knife to their throat, threatened to kill them and demanded money. The victim was not injured. Shortly after, the suspect again brandished a knife and robbed someone near View and Blanshard streets.
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