Man arrested in connection to firework incident involving Waterloo, Ont., city councillor
City of Waterloo Ward 7 Councillor Julie Wright on Central Street near Waterloo Park, where she says she was shot at with fireworks. (Chris Thomson/CTV News)
The Waterloo Regional Police Service have arrested a man in connection to a Canada Day firework incident involving a Waterloo, Ont. city councillor.
Police said a woman was walking on Central Street around 10:30 p.m. when a man shot and hit her with a firework. Another person, a man, was also assaulted.
Ward 7 Councillor Julie Wright said she and her family were headed home after a drone show in Waterloo Park, when she saw the man with fireworks at MacGregor Public School.
According to Wright, she told the man he couldn't shoot off the roman candles, which was when he started firing them directly at her.
“I am a little singed, but not significantly injured,” Wright said in a social media post. “I was shot at multiple times and hit once. This firework insanity has to stop.”
On Tuesday, police released the photo of a man they were trying to identify in connection to the incident.
Police said the suspect turned himself into police, and was arrested, on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old Kitchener man has been charged with assault and assault with a weapon.
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