One of two people injured in a double stabbing in Mississauga Thursday afternoon has died, Peel police have confirmed.
The altercation took place at a home on Stillriver Crescent, in the area of Creditview Road and Bristol Road West, at around 1 p.m.
Both victims, an elderly man and his wife, were rushed to Credit Valley Hospital.
In a tweet sent out shortly after 8:30 p.m., Peel police confirmed that the 84-year-old man had died.
His wife, 80, is expected to recover, police said.
A suspect was taken into custody in connection with the incident Thursday afternoon shortly before 2:30 p.m.
“(The) accused is being charged with murder and attempted murder,” Peel police said in a tweet Thursday night.
The suspect, identified by police as 21-year-old Trae Worrie, of Mississauga, will be appearing in court in Brampton Friday morning.
Police said Worrie is the grandson of the victims.
