Police appeal for witnesses after assault in Waterloo

File photo of a WRPS cruiser. (Erin Anderson/CityNews Kitchener)

By Erin Anderson

Posted Sep 14, 2026 05:26:13 PM.

A weekend assault in Waterloo sent two people to hospital and police are appealing for witnesses.

Police were called around 4:40 a.m. on Sept. 13 due to reports of an assault at a residential building on Columbia St. West.

“Investigators determined that an altercation between the homeowners and the two victims occurred after the victims attempted to enter a residential unit,” read a release from the Waterloo Regional Police Service.

Police say the victims, a 34-year-old man and 29-year-old man, were both seriously injured and taken to hospital for treatment.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information on the incident is asked to call regional police at 519-577-9777, ext. 4496.

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