Calgary police are hoping to identify a 25-year-old man believed to have sexually assaulted a woman in a store, prompting staff to call for help.
The man reportedly approached the woman at about 3 p.m. on 17 Avenue S.E. near 36 Street and tried to have a conversation with her.
The woman ignored the man, and continued walking west along 17 Avenue and into a store.
The man followed her inside, police said, and started “touching her in a sexual manner and making sexual gestures.”
“Employees in the store called police and the man fled the scene,” police said in a news release.
Officers who responded to the store weren’t able to find the man, however, they were able to identify a suspect with the help of CCTV footage and witness accounts.
The man is described as being about 6’1″ tall. He was wearing black pants, a gray-and-black jacket with an “M” on the left chest, a black baseball hat, a black mask and white and black shoes at the time of the incident.
Anyone who can identify the man is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234 or to contact Crime Stoppers.