Kamloops RCMP are asking for help in figuring out what they say was a “random assault” at the Brock Shopping Centre.

Police say around 7 p.m. last Thursday, April 29, they were told about an assault in the Save-On-Foods parking lot at 1800 Tranquille Road.

“According to the victim, a man associated to a white Toyota SUV grabbed him by the throat and punched him in the head before driving away,” RCMP spokesperson Const. Crystal Evelyn said. “The victim suspected it was a case of mistaken identity.”

Evelyn says a woman in a red car checked on the victim afterwards, though there was no indication about his condition.

RCMP are asking that woman, or anyone else who may have witnessed the assault, to please contact them and reference file 2021-13895.