RCMP in Drumheller are looking for a man accused of hitting a youth with a stick at a gas station this past summer. Mounties say the assault happened at the Shell station on Second Street East at 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16. “There was a verbal altercation between the suspect and youth, and the suspect hit the youth with a large stick,” Drumheller RCMP said in a Thursday news release. The youth suffered minor injuries. The suspect is described as a heavyset man, approximately 50 years old, with a white beard. He was wearing a white and black baseball cap, red jacket, grey shirt, blue jeans and black and white Nike sneakers If you have any information about the incident or know the identity of the suspect, you’re asked to call the Drumheller RCMP Detachment at 403-823-2630. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
