Police said they arrested a suspect after a stabbing near Elmwood High School sent one teenager to hospital.

Multiple police units were called to the scene on Wednesday afternoon.

One teenage boy was rushed to hospital in critical condition. Winnipeg police said he was later upgraded to stable condition.

Officers said they were called around 3:40 p.m. on Oct. 1.

Police were also on scene further down Chalmers Avenue. Neighbours told CTV News that police said the stabbing happened in the 600 block of Chalmers, just down the street from the school.

‘The kid supposedly got stabbed over here then ran back to the school and reported it,” said neighbour Adrian Bourgeois.

A classmate said the victim is in Grade 10 and isn't the type to cause trouble.

“A lot of people didn’t believe that he actually did get stabbed but I guess now everyone knows that he did so. Yeah, really shocked I think,” said classmate Andrew McCartney.

A 17-year-old male faces charges for aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

- with a report from Meghan Roberts