Medicine Hat man charged after alleged bear spray attack involving taxi driver and others

A 19-year-old Medicine Hat man is facing multiple charges after police say several people, including a taxi driver, were exposed to bear spray in a targeted attack late last week.

Medicine Hat police say officers responded to a weapons complaint in the 100 block of 8th Street Southwest shortly before midnight on June 25.

When officers arrived, they found a taxi driver and several other people suffering the effects of bear spray.

Several youths and one adult were treated at the scene, while the suspect had already fled.