Calgary police search for youth who allegedly hit sleeping baby on the torso

Calgary police are searching for a boy accused of striking a baby in the torso near Country Village Gate.

Calgary police are investigating a disturbing incident in Country Hills Village that saw a youth hit a sleeping baby.

The assault happened in the 0-100 block of Country Village Gate N.E., near Coventry Hills Boulevard, between 4:30 and 5 p.m. on Monday, June 15.

Police say a man was pushing a nine-week-old boy in a stroller on the sidewalk, when a youth riding a scooter along the same sidewalk reached out and “struck the sleeping baby in the torso.”

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The child is believed to be approximately 10 years old with short blond hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident or the youth involved is asked to call police at 403-266-1234.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.