Police looking for suspects after fight with a hammer on transit bus
Posted Feb 25, 2025 10:42:57 AM.
Last Updated Feb 25, 2025 11:21:42 AM.
One of the 637 calls for service Halifax regional police responded to over the weekend involved a fight taking place on a city bus.
On Feb. 22, around 1:45 p.m., police were called to a Halifax Transit bus altercationin the Spryfield area. According to the investigation, the fight started at the intersection of Herring Cove Road and Dentith Road between passengers on the bus and people driving two separate vehicles.
Police said that a physical fight broke out on the bus with one person using a hammer as a weapon. The bus driver pulled into a stop at Herring Cove and Williams Lake roads. Both vehicles also stopped and people got out and approached the bus.
A person sprayed with sensory irritant into the bus and several passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries. While the bus was evacuated the suspects ran away on foot and to their vehicles.
Officials are still looking for the suspects and the vehicles involved. One is described as a white SUV or Crossover and the other was silver.
One of the suspects is described as an Indigenous man in his 20s, with a heavy build and dark hair. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a hoodie with a pattern underneath a dark jacket.
Anyone with information about this incident, or video from the area, is asked to call police at 902-490-5020.
The day prior to this incident, police also conducted a cell phone check point at Nantucket Avenue and Wyse Road.
Officers issued eight summary offence tickets, four for using a cell phone while driving, one for no insurance, one for operating a vehicle without a valid licence, one for no registration and one for an invalid safety inspection.
On top of it police issued 14 addition tickets for speeding, improper driving, no registration and no licence.
February’s road safety theme is distracted driving, officials noted.
“Distracted driving puts you and everyone on the road at risk,” a press release reads. “We all have a role to play in keeping our roads safe.”
