Six people, all under the age of 20, are in custody and one person remains in hospital after a sexual assault of a male youth in Prince George earlier last week.
RCMP received an anonymous call Monday evening of a male youth laying in a snowbank and that he may have been assaulted.
Police, along with BC Ambulance Service personnel and Prince George Fire/Rescue crews found the boy behind an apartment building in the 1600 block of Juniper Street.
He was taken to hospital. Police say the boy was a victim of an aggravated assault and aggravated sexual assault.
Their investigation led them to a second boy who had been assaulted.
Officers from the Prince George RCMP’s Serous Crime Section were called in to investigate.
During the next two days, investigators obtained five search warrants and arrested six people thought to be involved in the serious offences. Police have determined that the victims were targeted and lured to the apartment building where they were assaulted by a group consisting of both youths and young adults.
All six – an 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old man along with three male youths and one female youth – persons remain in custody at least until they appear in court.
“This is a very disturbing investigation” said Cpl. Craig Douglass, Media Liaison Officer for the Prince George RCMP. “We will do everything we can to bring those responsible to justice.”
One victim remains in hospital in serious but stable condition.