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Winnipeg woman arrested after alleged assault of officer with bug spray

A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen on September 2, 2021 at the Public Information Office in Winnipeg. Winnipeg police are investigating a shooting in the parking lot of a soccer complex that left a 22-year-old man dead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski. SDV

A Winnipeg woman faces a number of charges after she allegedly assaulted an officer and sprayed a canister of bug spray in the officer’s direction.

It happened Saturday night, just after 7 p.m., at a store in the 400 block of River Avenue in Osborne Village. Police were on scene to investigate an unrelated incident, when they encountered a woman causing a disturbance.

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The officer asked the woman to leave, but police say she threatened to kill the officer and charged at them.

She then armed herself with a canister of bug spray and sprayed it in the officer’s direction.

A struggle ensued, with the suspect then assaulting the officer. The woman was eventually arrested and the officer suffered minor injuries, which didn’t require medical assistance.

Twenty-seven-year-old Brittany Anne Marie McKay faces several charges, including assaulting an officer with a weapon, uttering threats, and resisting arrest.

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