A 26-year-old man from Winnipeg has been charged after a 55-year-old man was injured in an apparent random assault at a bus stop, according to police.
At approximately 11 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Arlington Street following a report that a man had been assaulted.
Officers found the 55-year-old man with multiple upper body injuries at the bus stop. He was taken to hospital and later discharged.
Police said the suspect, who remained at the scene, was arrested without incident.
According to police, officers allege that the victim was waiting at the bus stop when he was assaulted, “without provocation.”
“The accused and the victim were unknown before,” police said in a press release.
Nathaniel Aaron Pittman has been charged with assault causing bodily harm. The indictment has not been proven in court. He was arrested in prison.