{"id":171545,"date":"2025-09-26T22:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171545\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:09:06","slug":"police-working-to-identify-suspect-in-se-calgary-soccer-field-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171545\/","title":{"rendered":"Police working to identify suspect in SE Calgary soccer field assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary police are asking the public for help identifying a suspect involved in a violent assault that occurred last month at a school soccer field in the city\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Aug. 9 between 7:20 and 7:35 p.m., at a school near 8 Avenue and 52 Street SE.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the victim had just finished playing a soccer match when an unknown man approached him from behind and physically attacked him.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was knocked unconscious and sustained facial injuries, requiring hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the victim and the suspect were not known to each other and had no prior interaction.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">???? NEED TO IDENTIFY ????<\/p>\n<p>We are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify a man believed to be responsible for an assault last month at a school soccer field in the city\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n<p>???? On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, a man, the victim, was playing soccer at a school located in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y4yggb42hz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/y4yggb42hz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalgaryPolice\/status\/1971679340409590059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a man between 25 and 35 years old, with a heavy build and dreadlocks. At the time of the assault, he was wearing red pants and a white T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Police are urging anyone with information about the incident or the suspect\u2019s identity to come forward. Tips can be provided by calling 403-266-1234 or submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary police are asking the public for help identifying a suspect involved in a violent assault that occurred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-171545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}