LaSalle police say a man is hospitalized following a stabbing on Canada Day.
Officers were called at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday to a home on Canada Street, responding to a report about a knife-based assault. When they arrived, they found a man outside the house with stab wounds.
The 83-year-old man was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.
Investigators learned that the victim and the suspect, a 40-year-old woman, were in an intimate partner relationship. She has been charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
Police will not release any further details concerning the victim's identity.
This is the second stabbing incident in LaSalle within 48 hours, after a 31-year-old man was attacked early Monday. Police have emphasized that the two incidents are not connected.
