St. Thomas police are looking for a suspect after a man who tried to stop an assault had a gun pulled on him.
The man was on Hiawatha Street near Owaissa Street shortly after 12 a.m. Wednesday when he saw a woman being assaulted in an apparent domestic dispute. The man tried to intervene and that is when the male suspect is alleged to have pointed a gun at him.
The suspect and the woman took off from the scene before police arrived.
The suspect is described as white, with a slim build and facial hair. He was wearing a backwards baseball hat, a green hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, sneakers and had a backpack with a single strap slung over his right shoulder to his left hip.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 519-631-1224 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
