Article content Saskatoon police say they charged a 29-year-old man with assault after he threw a shovel at one person and struck another with a skateboard in downtown Saskatoon on Wednesday morning. Officers were called to First Avenue South and 20th Street East around 8:20 a.m. for an assault in progress and spoke with two people who said they had been assaulted by an unknown man, police said in a news release. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Man charged with assault after random downtown attack Back to video Officers learned that the man threw a shovel at one of the victims and when the second victim attempted to intervene, the man struck the person with a skateboard and then fled the scene. The suspect was also reported to have struck a vehicle with a skateboard prior to the assault.