Kingston Police vehicles on scene at Jimmy’s Sports Lounge in the Cataraqui Woods Square plaza, located on the north side of Princess Street just east of Bayridge Drive, after someone was assaulted with a knife on the night of Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. Photo by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated since it was originally published at 11:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Please see bottom of article for most recently updated information.
A verbal altercation in a local bar turned violent when one of those involved in the dispute stabbed another person who tried to intervene, according to Kingston Police.
Just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, Kingston Police and Frontenac Paramedics were dispatched to a reported assault involving a weapon that occurred at “an establishment located in the area of Princess Street and Bayridge Drive.” The location was Jimmy’s Sports Lounge, located in the shopping plaza on the north side of Princess Street just east of Bayridge Drive, where a number of Kingston Police vehicles and ambulances quickly pulled into the parking lot of the plaza directly in front of the bar.
That night, Frontenac Paramedics transported the victim to hospital, accompanied by a police escort, Kingston reporters observed on the scene. It also appeared that someone was arrested.
Kingston Police officers speak to one another at the side of a Frontenac Paramedics ambulance out front of Jimmy’s Sports Lounge. Kingston Police on scene as they investigate the assault after the victim had been transported to hospital. Photos by Cris Vilela/Kingstonist, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.
According to a press release from Kingston Police on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, their responding officers “located the victim who was suffering from injuries to their hand and torso after being assaulted with a knife.” Police also located the accused assailant, whom police said, “remained on scene after other patrons came to the aid of the victim.”
“Through the course of investigation, it was determined that the accused and another individual got into a verbal argument inside the establishment, resulting in the accused brandishing a knife,” Kingston Police said.
“The victim attempted to interject and was subsequently assaulted by the accused.”
Police said the victim was transported to hospital and treated for “serious injuries.” As a result of their investigation, Kingston Police said, a 53-year-old from Kingston was arrested and charged with:
Two counts of assault with a weapon
Possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace
Carrying a concealed weapon
The accused person was taken to Kingston Police Headquarters where they were held for a bail hearing, according to the release.
In response to Kingstonist inquiries, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, said that the accused person and the victim are known to one another. As such, police are not identifying the accused person to protect the victim’s identity, and also because the assault was “an isolated incident,” Colangeli explained.
UPDATE (Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at 4:20 p.m.):
Kingston Police have issued an update on their investigation into the assault with a knife that occurred at Jimmy’s Sports Lounge in the city’s west end over the weekend.
The incident, which occurred when the victim tried to intervene in a verbal altercation, involved an edged weapon, like a knife, which the accused person used to cut the victim (see above). Although police have already announced an arrest in connection with the Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, assault, investigators are asking for more witnesses to come forward, Kingston Police said in an update on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
The Kingston Police Major Crime Unit is asking anyone with information on the incident who has not already spoken to police or who may have left the bar prior to police arrival to contact Detective Constable Chris Cook via email at [email protected].
Police have not identified the accused individual in this case, nor the victim. Although Kingston Police reported earlier that the victim and the accused person are known to one another, Constable Anthony Colangeli, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police, clarified that the two had been interacting prior to the incident, but did not know one another besides that. As such, it was not a random attack, but the victim and the accused were not known to one another prior to their interactions. Police, who originally reported the accused person as being “local,” are currently working to confirm the actual place of residence of the accused. This article will be updated if/when further information becomes available.
Update: Police seek further witnesses – Kingston resident arrested after slashing at west-end sports bar
