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Police release names of trio charged in relation to downtown stabbings

Aug 4, 2018 | 3:46 PM

LETHBRIDGE – Police have charged three people in relation to a pair of stabbings in the downtown on Friday (Aug 3).

The first incident happened around 3:00-pm in the 300 block of 7 Street South. Police responded to a report that a man had been stabbed.  The victim was taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The second incident, in which another man was stabbed, happened around 7:00-pm in the 600 block of 3 Avenue South. The victim was treated for his injuries in hospital.  

Police released the names and charges of the accused on Sunday, Aug. 5:

31-year-old Keith Leonard Long Time Squirrel from Lethbridge is charged with one count of aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, one count of assault causing bodily harm, and two counts of possessing offensive weapon dangerous to public.

23-year-old Nicholas Blaine Heavy Runner from Lethbridge is facing with one count of assault.

29-year-old Tia Ronel Bare Shin Bone from Lethbridge has been charged with one count of assault.

All three have been remanded and will appear in court in Lethbridge on Aug. 7 at 9:30 a.m.