Man knocked unconscious at Mic Mac Mall, Halifax police looking for suspects

Police are looking for two suspects – including one who was wearing an ankle monitor – after a man was knocked unconscious at a shopping mall in Dartmouth, N.S., Friday evening.

Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a man with a knife inside Mic Mac Mall around 6:40 p.m.

Police found the man and arrested him, but after speaking with him, they learned he had been assaulted and knocked unconscious while inside a store.

The man told police he pulled out a pocketknife in self-defence after he regained consciousness, but he didn’t threaten anyone with it. He said he remembered seeing a man and a woman before getting hit.

“Officers were able to corroborate the victim’s statement of events,” said Halifax Regional Police in a statement. “The victim was not seriously injured and was released from custody without criminal charges.”

No one else reported any assaults or injuries while police were on scene.

Police say both suspects were spotted fleeing the mall parking lot in a black sedan.

One suspect is described as a white woman with a face tattoo who was wearing an electronic ankle monitor. A description of the second suspect is not available.

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