A 36-year-old Red Deer man stabbed in Rotary Park early Tuesday morning was in stable condition Tuesday afternoon.
He suffered a single life-threatening stab wound to his torso.
The victim was taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, stabilized, and transported to a hospital in Edmonton. He remains in hospital.
Red Deer RCMP said they were called to assist Emergency Health Services with a stabbing at the park at 12:25 a.m.
It is alleged that two groups of people were drinking at two separate locations in the park. A man, who separated from his group, got into a verbal dispute with members of the other group. He got into a physical altercation with a man from the other group and stabbed him.
The men did not know each other.
When police arrived they learned that the victim had been transported to Red Deer hospital in a civilian vehicle.
Police contained the area and a police dog team attended and had began their search when an officer near Kin Canyon saw a suspicious male matching the description of the suspect on a bicycle on the trail.
When the male was ordered to stop and refused, the officer ran after him on foot and eventually caught the suspect.
A 36-year-old Red Deer man was taken into custody.
Charges are pending and the investigation is continuing.