ManitobaA group of children were near a park in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood when a man threw a water bottle at a boy and chased him down the street, police say.Children were playing next to park where homeless encampment was set upCBC News · Posted: Oct 14, 2025 11:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoWinnipeg police have charged a man from a homeless encampment with assault with a weapon after a boy was hit by a water bottle and chased. (CBC)A group of children were near a park in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood when a man threw a water bottle at a boy and chased him down the street, police say.The children were playing by the park, close to Pacific Avenue and Ellen Street, around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when the bottle was thrown at the boy, police said in a news release on Tuesday.A man then chased the boy, screaming at him, police said.The group ran to the home of one of the children and told a parent what happened. The parent took a photo of the man and called police.Officers found a man at the encampment and have charged him with assault with a weapon.Police did not provide any information about the ages of the kids or whether the boy was hit by the bottle. They did say he was not physically injured.
Man throws bottle at boy, chases him away from Winnipeg park while screaming: police
