Man attacked with bear spray, carjacked

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A 39-year-old man was attacked with bear spray and carjacked on Sherbrook Street and Ross Avenue early Sunday morning.

Winnipeg police officers were called to the intersection just after 2 a.m., where they found the victim suffering from the pepper spray.

Police said the man had been waiting in his vehicle for a friend near the intersection when someone suddenly opened his driver’s side door, sprayed him with the bear repellent and pulled him and his dog from the vehicle. The suspect then drove over the victim as he fled in the stolen vehicle.

Paramedics treated the man for minor injuries at the scene and police found the vehicle unoccupied on the 400 block of Edmonton Street.

The man wasn’t able to give a description to police, but a witness described the suspect as a male around 5-8 tall. Major crimes detectives are trying to get a better description and ask anyone with information to call their office at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-8477.