Winnipeg cops seek man in hockey jersey accused of violent attack

Winnipeg police asking the public for help in identifying a suspect accused of a violent assault on April 19 that sent a 34-year-old man to hospital.

Police said the victim was found unconscious on Navy Way around 5 p.m. He was hospitalized with a head injury. He told police a stranger got into an argument with him before the assault.

Witnesses, police said, have described the suspect as a tall male between the ages of 25 and 30, with shaggy brown hair and a short brown beard. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a blue Winnipeg Jets jersey with the name and number of former Jets star Dustin Byfuglien on the back.

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He was last seen running north toward Smith Street by witnesses.

Anyone with information that can help identify the suspect, or who may have witnessed the attack, is asked to call police at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 204-786-TIPS (8477).

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