File # 2010-7907
2010-06-14 13:40 PDT

On June 12, 2010 at approximately 5:30 P.M., West Shore RCMP responded to a report of a stabbing that had occurred in an apartment lobby in the 2700 block of Peatt Rd. Langford, British Columbia.

Officers attended the scene and located the victim, a 19-year-old man from Colwood, British Columbia, who was found bleeding with a stab wound to his chest.

British Columbia Ambulance Services attended the scene and rushed the man to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. The man is currently listed in stable condition.

West Shore RCMP investigators are seeking arrest warrants for attempted murder for two men aged 19 and 21 from Langford, British Columbia.

The victim and the suspects are known to each other and this incident is believed to be drug related.

If anyone has information regarding this event, they are asked to contact West Shore RCMP at (250)474-2264 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Released by

Cst. J.E. (Julie) Chanin
Community Policing Section
West Shore RCMP Detachment
698 Atkins Avenue, Victoria, BC V9B 3A4
Office: (250) 391-3305
Fax: (250) 391-3308
Email: bcrcmp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca