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Police seeking armed suspect after alleged assault at Burlington hotel

Halton police are looking for a suspect after receiving reports of an assault at a Burlington hotel on Saturday.
Halton police are looking for a suspect after receiving reports of an assault at a Burlington hotel on Saturday. Halton Regional Police Service

Police are looking for a suspect after an alleged assault with a gun at a hotel in Burlington.

Halton Regional Police say the incident happened at about 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Comfort Inn on South Service Road when a guest staying at the hotel was reportedly approached by a man who pulled out a gun and assaulted them.

Police say the alleged victim managed to get away and call 911 and that the suspect fled on foot.

No one was injured.

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Police aren’t releasing any information about the victim’s identity and say the investigation is ongoing, adding that they believe it was a targeted incident and not a random act.

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The suspect is described as a five-foot-nine white man between 20 and 25 years old who weighs about 160 pounds, has an average build and black ear-length hair and was wearing a blue zipped-up sweater and ripped grey jeans.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Halton police or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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