Fight lands Surrey man in hospital with stab wounds
KELOWNA – A fight between two groups of men in downtown Kelowna landed one of them in hospital with stab wounds.
RCMP say the 19-year-old Surrey man was taken to Kelowna General by his friends early Sunday morning.
Police were called at 1:43 a.m.
The two groups of men had been fighting earlier that night in the 200-block of Leon Avenue near the Saphire nightclub.
“Both groups appear to be known to each other and are believed to be from Surrey,” Const. Kris Clark says in a media release.
No one else suffered serious injuries as a result of the scrap.
Clark says the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, by leaving a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net or by texting your tip to CRIMES (274637) ktown.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-0428. To contact the editor, email mjones@infotelnews.ca or call 250-718-2724.
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