Police seek suspect in east end stabbing

Hamilton Police are searching for a 21-year-old man in connection to a stabbing in the city’s east end this morning.

Police say they responded to a house party at around 1:00 on Tindale Court where three men showed up uninvited. They say there was an altercation and a 19-year-old man was stabbed in the chest. He suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.

Police are now looking for Jerell Downey of Hamilton. He is described as 5’6″, 132 pounds with a medium build. Downey is known to police, and anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact them immediately