On Sunday, July 13, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m. uniform members of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) assigned to 3 District (Welland/Pelham) responded to the area of McArthur Avenue and Dieppe Street in the City of Welland for a reported stabbing.
The initial investigation determined that a group of four individuals attended Bemus Park in the area of Coventry Road and Dieppe Street in the City of Welland. An altercation occurred resulting in one male being stabbed multiple times. The stabbed individual was able to flee to a nearby home to render assistance while three other individuals fled the area on foot.
Members of the NRPS Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) have taken carriage of the investigation. Detectives are seeking witnesses and any surveillance video at the time of the incident and are appealing to the public for anyone who may have captured footage on their residential or dashcam surveillance systems for the period between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the area of Bemus Park.
This investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 905-688-4111, dial option 3, extension 1005610.
Members of the community who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to people who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.
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