A teenage boy was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in Nepean on Thursday, Ottawa paramedics say.
Shortly after noon, Ottawa police wrote on social media that officers were conducting a police operation in the 100 block of Constellation Drive.
First responders were dispatched after getting reports of an altercation, said Marc-Antoine Deschamps, superintendent of public information with the Ottawa Paramedic Service.
When they arrived, they found the teen in critical, life-threatening condition, Deschamps said.
As of 1:30 p.m., police and paramedic vehicles were still parked near the entrance of the Mary Pitt Centre, a municipal administration building that contains the offices of Ottawa Public Health and the provincial offences court.
In a statement, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said the teen is a student at nearby Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School.
The school did not go into lockdown following the stabbing, a board spokesperson said.
The boy’s family has been notified, they added, and the school is co-operating with the police investigation.