Calgary

Homeowner stabs intruder in midday home invasion in Harvest Hills, police say

Police say one man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries, after fleeing the scene of a home invastion in Harvest Hills. Police are still looking for a second suspect.

Officers have located one man who fled scene, still seeking second suspect

A woman hoses down the front door of the home in Harvest Hills where police say a midday home invasion took place Tuesday involving bear spray. (Helen Pike/CBC)

Police say one man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries and they are looking for a second man in connection with a home invasion Tuesday afternoon in Harvest Hills.

Calgary police were called to a home in the 200 block of Harvest Gold Place N.E. around 12:30 p.m.

The homeowner told police that two people entered his home and used bear spray or pepper spray on him.  

The homeowner told police he believes he stabbed one of the intruders before they fled in a vehicle.

Calgary police were called to a residence in the 200 block of Harvest Gold Place N.E. around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a home invasion. (Helen Pike/CBC)

A short time later, Calgary police were called to Bowness, where a seriously injured man had approached a stranger for help, before running away.

Police searched the area and eventually located the man in the 4600 block of 73rd Street N.W., and determined that the man in his 40s was one of the suspects in the home invasion.

The man had multiple traumatic injuries, and was taken to hospital in what police describe as serious condition.

Police are still trying to identify and locate the second suspect in what they are calling a targeted home invasion. 

The investigation is ongoing.

With files from Helen Pike