Winnipeg police are searching for a suspect in reference to a pair of incidents on Important Road over the weekend.
Police stated they had been known as to a theft and an tried theft round 4:30 p.m., through which the victims, whereas inside their autos, had been sprayed with what police consider to be bear spray.
The primary incident was at Important Road and Sutherland Avenue, the place a girl was parked in her car when a person approached her open window and requested for a cigarette. When she regarded all the way down to discover a cigarette, police stated, she was sprayed within the face by the suspect, who took off on foot.
A couple of minutes later, at Important and Higgins Avenue, police stated the identical suspect approached a automotive stopped at a site visitors gentle, reached into an open window, and grabbed a handbag from the passenger seat. When the driving force tried to shut the window, she was additionally sprayed within the face, and the suspect once more fled on foot.
Police had been in a position to get video footage of the suspect, described as an grownup man with arm and higher physique tattoos, carrying a baseball cap, carrying a backpack, and strolling with a definite gait. The person was additionally seen smoking within the video.
Anybody with details about this suspect is requested to name the most important crimes unit at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-TIPS (8477).
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