Anchorage police look for pepper-spraying bicyclist

Published 9:55 pm Monday, August 29, 2016

ANCHORAGE — Police in Alaska’s largest city are looking for a man on a bicycle who is accused of pepper-spraying at least four people.

Anchorage police say they began getting calls about the assaults shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday. Police say one of the victims was taken to a hospital.

According to police, Town Square Park downtown was the site of the first reports. Police say later reports came from the area around Sullivan Arena.

The bicyclist is described as a white man who was wearing blue jeans, bright red shoes and a black shirt with a gold emblem on it. Police say the man also had a black backpack and might have also had a camouflage-colored backpack.