RCMP seek witnesses to Kelowna pepper spray incident

Kelowna Mounties are looking for the man behind an alleged pepper spray attack.

A man was pepper-sprayed at the Queensway Bus Loop Jan. 29 at approximately 5:40 p.m.

"The suspect had walked up to another male in front of the museum on Ellis Street and let off the spray in the victim’s face,"  a Crime Stoppers press release states.

"The male fled on foot behind City Hall but police were unable to locate him."

The suspect is described as a Caucasian,  five-foot-ten with a slim build and dark hair.

He was wearing green pants, a black scarf, a white t-shirt, a camouflage jacket, a grey top hat, black shoes and a black backpack.

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