THUNDER BAY - One man is in custody following an assault with a hammer at a north side home that sent another man to hospital.
Thunder Bay Police Service said in a media release that officers responded to a Laidlaw Drive home just before 6 a.m. on Saturday.
Paramedics were already on the scene attending to a male victim who was transported to hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Skyler Ivall, 20, of Thunder Bay was arrested by police just after 6:30 a.m. at a nearby gas station.
According to police, the victim was involved in an argument with Ivall through Facebook messenger the night before. It is alleged that Ivall entered the victim's home at approximately 5:30 a.m., waking the victim and striking him multiple times with a hammer.
The attack was stopped by another occupant in the home and Ivall fled the scene.
Ivall was charged with aggravated assault. He made a court appearance on Saturday and was remanded into custody with a future court date.
On Jan. 23, Ivall was sentenced to a six month conditional sentence, 12 months probation, and restitution order of $950 after pleading guilty to a charge of killing an animal other than cattle. The conviction comes from an April 2017 incident where Ivall was accused of bludgeoning a nine-year-old's pet goat to death with an axe in Rainy River, Ont.
