(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service is investigating a swarming and is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspects, one of whom was captured on a nearby surveillance camera.
On Saturday August 10, at approximately 9:00 pm, a lone male was sitting on his porch along the 700 block of Gladstone Avenue, when he was approached by 3 males. The suspects began intimidating the victim and became assaultive. The victim was punched to the face and fled his porch to a nearby gas station. He was pursued by one of the suspects into the gas station where he was captured by cameras. When the victim eventually returned to his residence, property had been stolen by the suspects. There were no injuries.
The suspects were described as follows:
Suspect # 1-Caucasian male, short brown hair, 25-30 years, 5’9(175 cm)