A 49-year-old Regina man is facing a charge of assault with a weapon after a 26-year-old man was injured Saturday evening.
According to the Regina Police Service, officers responded at about 8:30 p.m., to a business in the 2100 block of Broad Street for a report of a knife offence. A man allegedly had struck another man in the face and then pulled out a knife before running off.
A canine officer was first on the scene and was shown a photograph of the suspect that had been taken by another person at the location. Soon after, the officer located the suspect near 14th Avenue and Hamilton Street.
“In spite of repeated warnings to stop, the male suspect continued to walk away,” the police said in a media release. “Believing the male to be armed, the canine officer sent the dog to apprehend the suspect. The suspect was treated by EMS for relatively minor injuries from a dog bite.”
Police didn’t say how seriously the victim was injured.
The suspect was charged with assault with a weapon and was released on an undertaking with conditions to appear in Regina Provincial Court on April 19.