The Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) is searching for three people in connection to assaults that occurred earlier this month.
On Friday afternoon, police identified 30-year-old Chase Gour-Boyd as a suspect wanted in two separate assaults that occurred in Sudbury's downtown core in the early morning hours on Dec. 1.
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ORIGINAL INCIDENT REPORTED
About 1:25 a.m., officers were dispatched to Durham Street in response to a weapons complaint.
“Information provided was that an individual was seen beating another individual with a shovel outside of an establishment on Durham Street,” said GSPS in a news release.
“The individual believed to be responsible for the attack then went inside the establishment while the injured individual left the area on foot.”
Police did attend the establishment but said they were unable to positively identify the persons involved in the incident.
LATER TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL
Shortly after 2:15 a.m., GSPS members were dispatched to the hospital as Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services had transported an individual to hospital who had sustained injuries consistent with the assault reported on Durham Street.
Police said the individual had suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
Officers reviewed video surveillance footage of the incident as part of GSPS’ ongoing investigation and identified the individual believed to be responsible for the assault as Gour-Boyd and were granted a warrant for his arrest.
From the review of the surveillance video police determined another assault had taken place shortly before the incident involving the shovel.
“Officers observed video footage of three individuals holding a person while a fourth individual repeatedly assaulted the person,” said police.
“Officers identified two of the four people involved in the incident.”
One of the identified individuals was again Gour-Boyd.
GSPS also identified another man involved in the assault, the 20-year-old was arrested and charged on Dec. 18.
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PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE REQUESTED
Two other individuals involved in the assault have not yet been identified and police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying them.
GSPS is also asking for help locating Gour-Boyd.
Anyone with information about these assaults, Gour-Boyd’s whereabouts or the identity of the other two suspects is asked to call GSPS at 705-675-9171 or Crime Stoppers at 705-222-8477.
The charges have not been proven in court.
