On Tuesday evening, RCMP said they had evacuated multiple homes in the Hebbville area just outside Bridgewater as they searched for Doucette. Police have said Doucette, who is from Cape Breton but was living in Bridgewater, assaulted his common-law partner in a hotel late Monday night. Tobias Charles Doucette is the suspect in a domestic assault, and the stabbing of a police officer in Bridgewater, N.S. The search warrant documents also allege Doucette choked his common-law partner in the hotel room and that she was bleeding from the nose when police arrived. Doucette is facing charges of attempted murder related to the officer and assault related to his common-law partner.

Source: CBC News July 25, 2020 15:33 UTC