THUNDER BAY - Police are on the scene of a violent attack on the city’s north side that sent one man to hospital with a cut throat and stab wounds to the back.
Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, on the corner of Martha Street and Carrie Street, a man was attacked in a residence. John Wilson, a driver with Roach's Taxi Service who was in the area, said he heard a man calling for help.
“I’m hollering, 'where are you?'” Wilson said. “The next thing I know, my door opens up and a guy is standing there with his throat cut and he has one major stab wound to the back, maybe more.”
Wilson called his dispatch to send an ambulance and he tried to keep the man calm while waiting for police and ambulance to arrive on the scene.
“All I could do was put my hand on the guy’s forehead and keep him calm,” he said. “I asked him what happened and he said he was asleep and was attacked.”
According to Wilson, a second man, also covered in blood from cuts to his hands, was put in handcuffs by Thunder Bay Police.
Thunder Bay Police Service spokesperson, Const. Julie Tilbury, confirmed that two men were taken to hospital following an altercation at a Carrie Street residence, with one man suffering serious injuries.
"Both men were taken to hospital under police custody and remain there at this time," Tilbury said Wednesday afternoon.
Tilbury added investigators are still gathering information to determine what exactly happened and to determine what charges will be laid.
According to Wilson, both men appeared to be in their mid-20s.
The yard around the house was taped off and four Thunder Bay Police Service cars remained on the scene. A small black dog was also seen taken away by Thunder Bay Animal Services.
Wilson said he has seen a lot of things during his time as a cab driver, but nothing like this.
“I went from night shift for 15 years to day shift last October,” he said. “You see a lot of stuff on night shift, but I had to come to day shift to see something like that.”
