A 20-year-old man is facing several charges after bear spray assaults injured a man, two police officers, and a police service dog on Friday. Just before 11 a.m., officers were called to a home in the 1200 block of Elphinstone Street for a report of a weapons offence involving bear spray, according to a release from the Regina Police Service (RPS). Officers arrived and found a man who had just been bear sprayed. He was taken to hospital by EMS, police said. The officers located the suspect nearby, but he fled the area when he saw them approaching. Police followed the man, who then assaulted one of the officers with bear spray. Police, including members of the canine unit, attempted to arrest the suspect after he ran into the front yard of a home on the 1200 block of McTavish Street. The second officer and police dog were assaulted with bear spray, but the police dog was still able to apprehend the suspect and ended up biting him. The suspect was taken to hospital to be treated for the dog bite, while the officers and the police dog were treated for injuries from the bear spray, police said. The suspect was charged with assault with a weapon, two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, injuring a law enforcement animal, assault with intent to resist arrest, resist arrest, possession of a weapon, and carrying a concealed weapon. He will make his first court appearance at Regina Provincial Court on Monday.
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