Police are investigating an aggravated assault after residents in the city’s North End woke up to police tape blocking off a bloodied scene.

Officers were sent to the on Flora Avenue near Powers Street just before 4:30 a.m., Winnipeg Police Service said in a press release.

A large crowd dispersed when police arrived, leaving behind "several injured individuals" after an apparent altercation. One man was transported to hospital in critical condition and another was unstable, the release said.

Blood was visible on the stoop at 473 Flora Ave., within the area that is cordoned off. Police are not yet releasing any information about any possible suspects but are asking members of the public with any information to contact the major crimes unit or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.