Police were stationed outside an apartment building in Kelowna at Lanfranco Road and Gordon Drive on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Kelowna RCMP, officers were called to an incident involving a woman apparently assaulting male youth and another woman in the afternoon.
“A woman who witnessed this assault, intervened and was also attacked by the suspect,” Cpl. Jocelyn Noseworthy added in a press release. “Bystanders managed to hold the suspect down until RCMP officers arrived.”
Police say the victims, a 44-year-old woman and a 14-year-old male youth, suffered minor injuries as a result of this alleged assault.
A 23-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and taken into police custody, but her name was not released.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and that they are still searching for more witnesses.
“It’s unclear at this time what the motivation was or what the initial contact was between the female and the youth,” said police, adding they are asking for witnesses to contact them.