Assault of B.C. veteran, 82, now being investigated by police

The Penticton seasoned who says he was pushed from his mobility scooter and beaten while connected his measurement location from a nighttime astatine nan legion has now reported nan battle to police.

In turn, Penticton Mounties are asking for nan public’s assistance successful identifying nan group responsible for nan onslaught connected Jim DeMarce.

DeMarce was travelling connected nan sidewalk astatine 11:50 p.m. Friday, July 26 successful nan 700 artifact of Main Street erstwhile he encountered 4 chartless men.

He told Global News 1 man sewage up and said they’d move retired of his way, truthful agelong arsenic he passed complete his money and cigarettes. That’s erstwhile events took a move for nan worse.

“I said, ‘That’s not going to happen,’ and nan adjacent point I knew I was connected nan ground. He smoked me. He deed me. Sucker punched maine … past each of them jumped in, each of them, and they were kicking and punching, and I took a beating,” DeMarce said.

The suspects, he said, are mostly unrecognizable — each men, perchance successful their 40s, bearded and seemingly surviving connected nan street. He mostly remembers 1 had a reddish broom.

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When nan onslaught was done, DeMarce managed to get up and spell location and to bed. When his girl saw a way of humor successful nan location they shared nan adjacent day, she took him to nan emergency room. He has a batch of bruises, but nary surgery bones. Ultimately, he was sent location pinch immoderate Tylenol and told to rest.

Penticton RCMP are seeking witnesses, CCTV aliases anyone pinch dash cameras who was successful nan area of 700 Main St. connected July 26 betwixt 11:30 p.m. and July 27 astatine 1 a.m., who person not already spoken pinch constabulary to telephone 250-492-4300.

DeMarce primitively was hesitant to study nan crime, saying that he felt location was a catch-and-release strategy successful spot and his study would magnitude to little.

Penticton RCMP said they would besides for illustration to punctual nan nationalist of nan value of reporting these types of matters instantly to guarantee that constabulary tin amended their chances of identifying suspects and sphere evidence.

Anyone pinch accusation related to crime is reminded to telephone nan Penticton RCMP aliases Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-222-8477.