Violent weekend in HRM also sees 15 injured in deck collapse
Posted Sep 23, 2013 07:33:20 AM.
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It was a busy weekend for police in HRM with a number of violent incidents taking place.
It even included an accidental deck collapse in Dartmouth which sent more than a dozen people to hospital.
Here’s a complete recap of everything that happened.
15 people injured after deck collapses
15 people were injured after a deck they were standing on collapsed twelve feet to the ground.
Police say the accident happened at a home in the 100 block of Green Village Lane in Dartmouth at 1:30 a.m. Staff Sgt. Bill Morris says police, fire and EHS crews were called to the back deck to find all the injured.
“They range from cuts, bruises, broken bones, and fractures. Most of them were taken to the QEII and Dartmouth General hospital,” explained Morris. “Four people were taken to hospital in serious, but non life-threatening, condition.”
Police say there were also two people standing under the deck when it collapsed. Morris says it’s unclear what caused the deck to break.
“We believe they were all on the deck at the same time when it collapsed,” said Morris.
Police and fire are investigating.
Man hospitalized after vicious attack
A 28-year-old man is in hospital with serious head injuries after he was assaulted in downtown Halifax early Sunday morning.
Staff Sgt. Bill Morris said the victim was assaulted by three or four men around queen and Morris Streets at 4:30 a.m.
The suspects are in their early twenties and were arrested within minutes.
23-year-old Shacawn Clayton of Halifax has been charged with attempted murder and will appear in court on Monday
17-year-old girl sexually assaulted, robbed in Dartmouth
Halifax Regional Police say a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and robbed of her purse while walking near Alderney Drive and Wyse Road just before 9 o’clock Saturday night.
Police describe the suspect as a black man in his early twenties with a small tattoo under one eye. They say he was tall, wore a baseball cap, bandana and dark tank top.
A K9 team found the purse and the girl’s cell phone. She was taken to hospital in Dartmouth, examined and then released.
The case is under investigation and is being handled by the integrated Major Crime Section.
Gunfire overheard near Mulgrave Park
Gunfire was overheard in Halifax Saturday night, but no victims or suspects have been found.
Halifax Regional Police say at 10:50 p.m. they received multiple calls about gunshots heard by the Jarvis Lane area of Mulgrave Park. When they arrived on scene and searched the area, all they found were several shell casings and bullet fragments.
“We check with the hospitals and nobody’s been reported shot,” explained Staff Sgt. Bill Morris.
No witnesses were found and no one was taken into custody. Police are still investigating.
Man charged in police stabbing
31-year-old Alexander Welch has been charged with attempted murder and assault of an officer after a police officer was stabbed in the neck and forearm Friday night.
Police say Welch is also facing charges of assault with a weapon and aggravated assault, he’s scheduled to appear in court Monday.
The officer spent the night in hospital after he was stabbed twice while trying to make the arrest. Police say the officer went to Metro Turning Point, an emergency homeless shelter on Barrington Street, at around 8:30 p.m. to arrest Welch, who was wanted on an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court.
Const. Pierre Bourdages said the man fled when he saw police, and later turned on one of the officers and stabbed him in the neck. Bourdages added the man was later Tasered by the other officer and taken into custody and a knife was recovered at the scene.
The officer is expected to make a full recovery.
