Teen stabbed at grad bush party narrowly survives: Winnipeg police
It’s one of many stabbings involving youth in recent weeks, although the number of violent crimes using this type of weapon is on the rise in adults and teens alike, he said.Experts say the former is the most commonly used weapon in youth crime, and accessibility may be a contributing factor.
“Since the late ’90s or early 2000s, Winnipeg has had a notorious reputation for being the city with the highest rate for violent crime involving a knife,” University of Winnipeg’s Kelly Gorkoff told Global News on Monday.“Most people in those kinds of marginalized situations, especially young people, are going to have knives with them as a form to protect themselves,” Gorkoff, chair of the university’s criminal justice department, said.
“Now, they’re being used in, I think, a much more public kind of way,” she said. “It’s much more visible.” Major Crimes Unit is speaking with a number of witnesses who were there in the early hours of Saturday morning and is making progress in the case, Murray said.Winnipeg police is asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers.Violent crime on the rise in Winnipeg: criminologist – Jul 4, 2022
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