A 45-year-old man from Tataskweyak Cree Nation suffered life-threatening injuries in a Feb. 24 assault and is in hospital in Winnipeg in critical condition.
Another TCN resident, Darwin Beardy, 42, is charged with aggravated assault and was remanded into custody after being arrested Feb. 25.
Thompson Rural RCMP were notified of the assault on the morning of Feb. 25. They travailed to Split Lake and learned that an altercation between the two men had taken place at a housing complex around 5:30 a.m. the previous day.
After the assault, the victim returned to his room, where he was found on the morning of Feb. 25 in need of medical assistance. He was taken to the nursing station and then medevaced to Winnipeg.
Thompson Rural RCMP, RCMP Major Crime Service and RCMP Forensic Identification services continue to investigate.
