A Garden Hill man is facing aggravated assault charges after being arrested by police this past week.
On June 2, 2012, at approximately 1am, Island Lake RCMP received a report of a badly injured male who had been brought to the Garden Hill Nursing Station. RCMP investigators attended the nursing station and determined the male had been injured as a result of being assaulted.
RCMP report that the victim of the assault was flown via Life Flight to a Winnipeg Hospital in critical condition were he remains. He has been identified as 28-year-old Vincent Shane Harper of Garden Hill, Manitoba.
On June 12, 2012, RCMP charged 21-year-old Jon Preston Hastings, a resident of Garden Hill First Nation with aggravated assault in relation to the assault.
Hastings is scheduled to make his first court appearance today in Winnipeg. Police say that the victim and accused are known to each other.
Police continue to investigate.
