Security guard stabbed during Winnipeg retail robbery; man in custody
Posted August 30, 2026 4:20 pm.
A 24-year-old security guard is recovering in hospital after being stabbed during a retail robbery Friday afternoon.
Winnipeg police say a man was confronted by security after allegedly trying to leave a store in the 600 block of Sargent Avenue without paying for merchandise. A physical altercation spilled outside, where police say the suspect stabbed the guard with a sharp-edged weapon before fleeing.
The guard was initially in critical condition but was later upgraded to stable.
Police arrested 23-year-old Peter Edwin Morrison Black Saturday near Sherbrook Street and Ellice Avenue.
Black is charged with robbery, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon. He remains in custody.
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