Four young men are facing assault charges after an alleged late-night dispute turned bloody in a suburban North Vancouver neighbourhood.
Just after midnight on Sunday (Feb. 9), police were called to the 900 block of Hartford Place after receiving reports of an injured man in the area.
Witnesses living at nearby homes reported that the man had blood on his hands and face, and was pleading for help.
After first responders arrived at the scene, one victim who lives in the municipality was taken to hospital with serious injuries but has since been released, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesperson for North Vancouver RCMP.
Four Lower Mainland men were taken into custody and are now facing assault charges, Sahak said. A police investigation into the incident is ongoing.
“This was a dispute between two parties that were known to each other,” he said. “This was not a random act.”
This wasn’t a stranger assault, “so there’s no threat to the community,” Sahak said.
He added that the alleged crimes don’t appear to be gang related.
According to online records, Dillinger Jaxon Baryluk-Terrillon (20 years old), Khotso Eric Cutshall Ogden (18), Deondre Jamie Demeritte (19) and Daniel Patrick Nittolo (18) all face charges of aggravated assault. The co-accused have their first court appearance on Tuesday (Feb. 11).
Jack Oerlemans, who lives in the neighbourhood, said there was what appeared to be a big fight and threats were made.
Then, “a bloodied man was knocking on doors of people’s houses,” he said.
“In the morning there was blood on [a neighbour’s] truck, and windows,” Oerlemans said.
When the incident happened, there were at least six police cars on the scene, three ambulances and a firetruck, he said.
The following day, one of the houses on the block had a tarp covering its front window, and more unmarked police cars attended the scene, Oerlemans said.
