Police ask help on Bathurst assault

Police ask help on Bathurst assault

The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance identifying a man wanted in an assault investigation on a TTC bus.
It is reported that:

• on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 11:35 p.m., a 21?year?old man was a passenger on a northbound TTC bus on Bathurst Street

• the 21-year-old man was assaulted by a man on the bus

• the suspect followed the victim off the bus to a TTC stop, in the Bathurst Street and McAllister Road area

• while the victim crossed Bathurst Street, he was struck by a northbound Toyota

The suspect is described as 18?25, 5’2”?5’5”, and clean?shaven. He was last seen wearing a dark?blue Boston RedSox cap, a black jacket with a hood, black pants with the cuffs rolled up on both legs, a dark?coloured button?up vest or sweater with a red lining and black gloves.

Security camera video of suspect is available for pick up at the Duty Desk, 40 College Street.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416?808?1900, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416?222?TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook.

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