Man arrested after taxi driver seriously injured in downtown stabbing

he post said an altercation happened between the suspect and the victim just before the stabbing occurred.

A man in his 20s is in custody after a taxi driver was seriously injured after Toronto police officers allege a passenger stabbed him.

In a post on a Toronto Police Service X account, officers said emergency crews were called to the area Lower Sherbourne Street and The Esplanade just before 7:50 p.m. on Monday.

The post said an altercation happened between the suspect and the victim just before the stabbing occurred. The circumstances leading up to the fight weren’t immediately clear.

was taken to a hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

On Tuesday morning, police said a 23-year-old male had been arrested in this case and that there were no other suspects.