RCMP investigating after youth reports suspicious encounter in downtown Kamloops

KAMLOOPS — Police in Kamloops are asking for help as they investigate a suspicious incident over the weekend involving a youth who was approached by a man in a truck downtown.

Police say the incident happened around 2:20 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 15) afternoon in the 700-block of Victoria Street downtown. They say a man in a black Dodge pickup truck offered the youth a ride. 

According to police, the youth declined the offer and called a safe adult after going into a nearby business.

“No licence plate was observed, but the truck did have scratch on the back like it had been keyed,” Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Dana Napier said. “The man was described as Indigenous with a grey beard with black hair and eventually drove to a parking lot in the 450-block of Landsdowne Street.”