A disturbing incident happened in Vancouver on Thursday where police said a mother was breastfeeding her baby in an SUV when they were attacked by a stranger.
Vancouver police said a mother, her husband, their baby boy and another family member were sitting in a vehicle on Commercial Drive, near East 2nd Street, when a stranger opened a door and got into the vehicle around 2:15 p.m.
The stranger tried to grab the mother and the infant in the back seat, according to Sgt. Steve Addison.
“The mother, a woman in her 30s from Vancouver, screamed, held onto the baby, and attempted to fight off the (person),” Addison said.
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Bystanders and witnesses intervened and held the suspect until officers arrived and arrested them.
A video submitted to Global News shows bystanders gathered outside of the vehicle, wrestling with the shirtless suspect.
A witness also captured a video of a shirtless, shoeless person being escorted into the back of a police van.
Later Friday morning, Global News learned 26-year-old Nathaniel Francis Beekmeyer was charged with assault.
They remain in custody awaiting their next court appearance on May 15.
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