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Coquitlam RCMP say a man is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after a confrontation in a city park Saturday morning.
Police are investigating an altercation between at least two adult males in Brookmere Park at 9:15 in the morning.
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Investigators say they’re looking for more witnesses and any video footage of the altercation, but details are unknown.
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Staff Sgt. Ed Yoshiyama says police haven’t been able to speak to the victim, believed to be in his late 20s, who is unconscious in the hospital.
Yoshiyama says investigators are trying to identify the man and anyone who may know him, but police are treating the case as an attempted murder due to the extent of his injuries.
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