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Mr. St. Pierre: I work at the bar part time. We just went over to get something to eat and then we left. We were coming home and I just heard a scream of terror, like a real scream, like you knew something bad was happening.

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The police originally said the attack took place in the area of College Street and Brock at around 11 p.m. But both Mr. St. Pierre and Mr. van de Polder say it actually happened on Sheridan Avenue one block east of Brock. The two were driving westbound when they heard the shout.

Mr. van de Polder: We just kind of hear this blood-curdling woman’s scream. We both look over at the same time, down Sheridan. Just a way’s up, it wasn’t too far up, we saw a struggle going on. And I said, ‘Stop the truck!’

Mr. St. Pierre: When Ryan said stop, I was already hitting the brakes. I left my truck running. I threw it into park. We both jumped out right away and started running over to her.

At first, the two men had no idea what was going on. The two struggling figures were standing in the middle of road, about three to five metres up Sheridan.

Mr. van de Polder: With a scream like that, I don’t know, it had a pitch to it that almost instinctually told me that something was not right. We hopped out of the truck. I ran right over and I yelled at the top of my lungs ‘Hey!’ And as soon as we got close he started running away.

The two men chased after him. When Mr. van de Polder got close, the man, without breaking stride, reached over his shoulder and threw a metal object back, striking Mr. van de Polder in the head.