Victoria police say they arrested a man suspected of robbing and injuring several people with a knife in the downtown area last week.
Police say they received multiple 911 calls related to a man threatening, chasing, and robbing people with a knife in the Harris Green area on Friday night.
The victim's friend called 911 and the man fled the area. Police say the victim was not physically injured in the encounter.Moments later, police received multiple 911 calls about a second incident in the 900-block of Yates Street, close to where the first incident occurred. The man chased after the victim while wielding the knife, which prompted multiple 911 calls, according to VicPD.THIRD INCIDENT
"The officer then closed the distance and tackled the armed man to the ground," police say. "Additional responding officers arrived and assisted in taking the man into custody.""Officers were later put in contact with another potential victim who was in the area when the robberies and assaults occurred [who] had suffered a non-life-threatening stab wound to the chest," police said.
One VicPD officer and the taxi driver suffered non-life-threatening injures in the crash, which occurred at the intersection of Cook and Yates streets.
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