A suspect in the stabbing of a woman in Markham was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a room and refusing to surrender for several hours.
Police were first called to the house on Briarwood Road in the area of Warden and 16th avenues just before 9:30 p.m. on Sunday for reports of a stabbing.
Police say that a 59-year-old female victim from the City of Toronto was found inside the residence with multiple stab wounds. She was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition.
The suspect, meanwhile, locked himself inside a room in the home where he resided, police say.
Additional resources were then called to the scene, including the Emergency Response Unit, the Canine Unit and crisis negotiators.
Police say that the suspect, a 23-year-old man, was eventually apprehended shortly after midnight without further incident.
He has since been charged with one count of attempted murder.
Police say that they are not releasing his identity in order to protect the victim’s identity.
