Seeking Victim and Witnesses to Come Forward After Violent Incident
UPDATE
At approximately 11:30 am this morning, August 25th, 2023, members of our Criminal Investigations Division, Emergency Response Unit and Uniform Patrol located the man believed to be responsible for the violent incident that occurred on August 22 nd, 2023.
Throughout the course of this investigation, the Greater Sudbury Police Service has reasonable grounds to believe that this incident was hate-motivated.
The man was arrested in the area of Brady St at Paris St in Greater Sudbury without incident and remains in custody.
This man has been charged with Attempt to Commit Murder under the Criminal Code of Canada. His name cannot be released as the information has not yet been sworn to through the court process.
He will attend W.A.S.H. court tomorrow, August 26th, 2023 to answer to the charge.
The matter has now been assigned to Detectives in the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investigations Division who are specifically trained as Hate Crime and Hate-bias/Hate-motivated Investigators.
Although Hate-motivated/bias incidents are underreported, we continue to work with our internal members, community members and community partners to build public trust through transparency and community engagement through education and awareness.
Just after 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 22 nd, 2023, the Greater Sudbury Police Service received a call in relation to a serious assault that had just taken place on the Eastbound sidewalk of Paris Street between Cedar Street and Larch Street in Greater Sudbury.
The caller advised that around 2:50 pm, they were driving their truck northbound on Paris Street when they witnessed a man get forcefully grabbed by another man and thrown in front of the caller’s oncoming vehicle. Fortunately, the caller was able to apply their brakes just in time to stop before nearly hitting the man who had been thrown into the roadway.