The Winnipeg Police Service is investigating two bear spray calls in The Maples Sunday night.
Officers were called around 9:20 p.m. to a home on the 700 block of Sheppard Street.
The attack left a 30-year-old pregnant woman terrified. She was home when a man who also lives at the residence answered the door and was bear sprayed.
Eight people were in the home at the time, including a baby and two 5-year-old children.
“Everyone feel irritation, and coughing. And children are scared. They tried to cry,” the woman said.
Police believe the residence appeared to be targeted.
In the second incident, officers were called to the 1200 block of Jefferson Avenue after a 36-year-old man was attacked in a parking lot.
While taking out the trash he said he was greeted by a man demanding money. When he did not handover any cash, the man followed him before spraying bear spray in his face.
"It feels like burning and pain in my eyes," he said.
The victim managed to get to the door, but said his attacker did not give up.
“He started filming, like taking a video on his phone and he beat me. That’s when I closed and locked the doors,” he said.
Both incidents took place between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., and no one was seriously hurt in either incident.
WPS said the investigation is ongoing, and there is potential that the incidents are linked.
Police told CTV News officers seize bear spray on a regular basis.
