A man who was chopped and stabbed about the body on Friday is in serious condition in hospital, according to police.
Preliminary reports indicate that the victim, a resident of Brown's Alley off Kemp Road, was on Bonaby Alley off Kemp Road around 7 p.m. when he was attacked and subsequently stabbed multiple times by a group of men armed with cutlasses and knives.
A total of five men carried out the Friday night attack, police said.
The 20-year-old male victim was taken to hospital in a private vehicle.
Police are requesting the public's help in locating the men responsible for the violent incident.
"Police are investigating and are appealing to members of the public who may have any information regarding this incident to contact police at 911, 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991, 502-9910 or Crime Stoppers at 328-TIPS," Police Liaison Officer Sergeant Chrislyn Skippings said.
In other crime news, officers of Rapid Strike made a firearm arrest on Saturday morning.
Up to yesterday police had taken 311 guns off the streets.
In this latest incident, police said a 35-year-old male of Carmichael Road was taken into custody around 1:20 a.m. on Saturday after police witnessed him stashing a shotgun.
According to police reports, officers were on routine patrol on Carmichael Road east of Gladstone Road when they observed the suspect throw an object into nearby bushes.
Police said the officers conducted a search of the bushes where the object was thrown and recovered the shotgun and a quantity of ammunition.
Police also recovered a large amount of ammunition in an unrelated incident.
This time it was officers of the Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) who uncovered the ammunition.
The discovery was made shortly before 1 p.m. on Friday at Brown's Alley off Kemp Road, inside an abandoned vehicle.
The officers were acting on information.
No one was taken into custody but active police investigations continue.
Meantime, officers of Rapid Strike also made a drug arrest over the weekend.
Police said a 28-year-old man was arrested after officers searched him and recovered a quantity of suspected marijuana.
Police made the arrest around 9:25 p.m. on Friday at the Farmer's Market, Baillou Hill Road south.

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