Pepper-spraying bicyclist sought in assaults

ANCHORAGE — Police in Alaska’s largest city are looking for a man on a bicycle who is accused of pepper-spraying at least four people.

Anchorage police say they began getting calls about the assaults shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday.

One of the victims was taken to a hospital, police say.

According to police, Town Square Park downtown was the site of the first reports. Police say later reports came from the area around Sullivan Arena.

The bicyclist is described as a white man who was wearing blue jeans, bright red shoes and a black shirt with a gold emblem on it. Police say the man also had a black backpack and might have also had a camouflage-colored backpack.

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