Police seeking suspect for a Rideau Centre assault

Ottawa police are hoping the public can help identify a man involved in an assault at the Rideau Centre.

It happened Oct. 3, just after 7:00 p.m. at entrance number two to the mall. A verbal and physical altercation took place, and the suspect assaulted a man in his 60s.

The suspect is described as a man aged 27-30 and about 5’10” tall. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a blue hoodie, black jeans, black baseball cap, black Herschel backpack and blue sneakers.

Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity or with knowledge about this incident is asked to call the Central Criminal Investigations Unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5166.

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