Police looking for suspect in Kitchener assault
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Police have arrested a 27-year-old man and are looking for a second suspect after a person was assaulted outside a Kitchener home.
Officers responded to the area of King Street East and Ottawa Street North around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a man with a knife. Police say a female was also spraying a noxious substance at a victim.
Officers arrived and arrested the man, but the female was already gone.
Police said they’ve identified the female suspect and requested a warrant for her arrest, but did not provide a suspect description or any information on her age.
The arrested man was charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and violating a probation order.
The 22-year-old victim was not hurt.
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