Windsor Police Investigate Stabbing and Unknown Incident at Ouellette Manor

Police and other emergency responders were busy downtown Saturday afternoon investigating a stabbing and an unknown incident at a residence on Ouellette Avenue.

Yellow police tape and six patrol cars blocked off Wyandotte Street East from Bruce Avenue to Church Street. Officers could be seen carrying evidence bags into an alley that runs along Bruce Avenue Park.

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Police are investigating a stabbing near Wyandotte Street East between Bruce Avenue and Church Street on Saturday, June 29, 2024. A portion of an alley and Bruce Avenue Park were cordoned off with police tape. Photo by Julie Kotsis /Windsor Star

Children were having fun on the playground equipment near a part of the park that was also cordoned off with police tape.

Police tweeted that they were at the scene of a stabbing in the area and urged motorists to avoid the area.

Approximately 30 emergency vehicles, including Windsor police, ambulances and firefighters, were in response on Ouellette Avenue as officers entered and exited the Ouellette Manor building at 920 Ouellette Ave.

The City of Windsor Joint Task Force was parked nearby, as was an idling Transit Windsor bus. A portable shower unit was also visible.

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