Search underway after Oak Bay home invasion
Posted April 25, 2017 3:53 pm.
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OAK BAY (NEWS 1130) – A search is underway for a suspect after a home invasion that left a woman with significant injuries this morning.
Police were called to the home on the Esplanade near Willows Beach at Oak Bay around 7:30 this morning. They found the 45-year-old woman with upper body injuries from some sort of edged weapon. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance, and requires surgery.
Officers say a man entered the home, the woman confronted him and there was a struggle, before the intruder took off. They say the woman didn’t know him.
Two nearby elementary schools were asked to go into a “Lock and Secure” mode for a short time after the incident this morning.
The suspect was a man in his 20s, described as heavy-set and wearing a brown jacket, dark pants and a base ball cap. He had a light blue and white handkerchief or bandana around his neck.
Anyone with information can contact Saanich Police Detective Division at 250-475-4321, or call Crime Stoppers.
