Video shows suspects in violent Fallsview area assaults

Niagara Regional Police have released surveillance video of the six men they allege are responsible for several violent assaults in the Fallsview Boulevard area on the evening of Feb. 24.

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspects and are also seeking any witnesses to the assaults, or people who have further video evidence, including cellphone or dash-cam video.

Police said a number of businesses in the area have co-operated with them during the investigation.

Police said several violent assaults took place within a 10-minute span in the Fallsview tourist area.

They said a couple were walking on Portage Road, near Fallsview Boulevard, at 9:35 p.m. when they were approached by a group of males.

Police said one of the males tried to rob the male victim and assaulted him with a weapon.

The victim was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police said at 9:40 p.m., a couple were standing on a terrace at the rear of the Embassy Suites Hotel on Fallsview Boulevard when the same group of suspects approached and violently assaulted the male victim in an unprovoked attack.

That victim, too, was taken to hospital for treatment.

Police said at 9:45 p.m. the same group of suspects approached a lone male standing in the area of Dixon Street at Fallsview Boulevard.

This victim was assaulted with a weapon in an unprovoked attack. That victim was taken to hospital for treatment.

All injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

The suspects in all three incidents are described as being 18 to 25 years of age, and were wearing hoodies and baggy pants.

Police said they believe the assaults were random and determining the motive is part of the ongoing investigation.

Police said they don’t know if the suspects are from Niagara.

They said all of the victims are from outside the region.

Police ask anyone with information to call them at 905-688-4111 ext. 2200.