A Good Samaritan who tried to stop two teens from allegedly stealing booze was assaulted outside of a Port Moody liquor store last week.
Now, police are calling for help from the public to identify and locate the young suspects.
In a news release issued today, Jan. 28, Const. Sam Zacharias said the violence happened on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at around 5:45 p.m. by an undisclosed Inlet Centre liquor shop after a man in his 50s tried to stop one of the teens from allegedly swiping a product inside the store.
Outside, the teens allegedly beat the citizen in the head for intervening; he now has a concussion, Const. Sam Zacharias of the Port Moody Police Department told the Tri-City News.
Officers weren’t able to find the suspects after store staff called police, he said.
They are described as:
- in their lates teens
- Caucasian males
- one has dark shaggy hair
- he was wearing a distinctive hoodie with yellow markings on it
- the other teen has short light brown hair
“We are turning to the public to help us identify these suspects” Zacharias said in releasing the images of the two suspects.
Anyone with information about the pair is asked to call the police department at 604-461-3456 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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