Nanaimo RCMP are looking for anyone who may have witnessed an altercation between two men on May 27 at the 7-Eleven parking lot at the corner of Fifth St. and Bruce Ave., where a bat was used to hit another person and his windshield. (Jordan Davidson/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By Jordan Davidson

assault with a weapon

Nanaimo RCMP seek witnesses in road rage/baseball bat attack

Jul 4, 2024 | 9:52 AM

NANAIMO — Mounties in Nanaimo are looking for witnesses to an altercation between two male drivers, where one allegedly used a baseball to assault the other.

Police say on May 27 around 4:30 p.m. the driver of a red Honda Civic followed a white Hyundai into the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store at the corner of Fifth St. and Bruce Ave.

Both men got out of their vehicles, and that’s when police say the driver of the Civic hit the other man in the back with a baseball bat and then used the weapon to smash the man’s windshield.

The driver of the Hyundai suffered minor injuries, police stated.

Nanaimo RCMP is asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident or may have any other information to give them a call on the non-emergency line at 250-754-2345, file number 2024-16613.

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