Stories from York Region’s Districts: #5 District

Quick response saves stabbing victims in Markham

Officers responding to a weapons call discovered a grisly scene inside a Markham home, where two females were suffering life-threatening injuries after they were stabbed by a person in crisis.

One of the women also suffered facial injuries after she was beaten when trying to intervene in the attack on the other, before being stabbed herself.

On June 10, 2023, officers arrived at the scene within minutes and immediately arrested the suspect without incident, before initiating lifesaving efforts on the victims. They applied tourniquets to the injured women and arranged for an emergency run to a Toronto trauma centre.

Thankfully, both victims survived. The officers were commended by responding paramedics and the emergency room trauma surgeon who reported the victims would not have lived to reach the hospital but for the quick action of the officers.

A 22-year-old man, of Markham, faces two counts of Attempted Murder and one count of Assault.