{"id":947486,"date":"2026-10-26T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947486\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:44:11","slug":"suspect-wanted-for-alleged-assault-on-brampton-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947486\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect wanted for alleged assault on Brampton bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peel Regional Police (PRP) are seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying a male suspect connected to an alleged assault that occurred on a Brampton Transit bus in May.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to Rutherford Road and Steeles Avenue around 5:15 p.m. on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect and victim were both passengers on a public transit bus when the suspect allegedly attacked the victim without provocation,\u201d police stated in a press\u00a0release shared Monday. \u201cDuring the altercation, the suspect struck the victim numerous times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers say the suspect also knocked the victim\u2019s phone out of their hand and their glasses off their face, causing damage to both.<\/p>\n<p>The victim sustained serious injuries to their head and face, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the suspect have been shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5-foot-10. He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, a black bandana around his neck, a yellow and navy coloured jacket, blue jeans, dark-coloured shoes. He was also seen with a red, yellow, and blue backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact police.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793058251_512_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel Regional Police (PRP) are seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying a male suspect connected to an alleged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-947486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947486","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=947486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}