Calgary man charged in hate-motivated assault after turning himself in
Posted Oct 10, 2025 9:19 am.
Last Updated Oct 10, 2025 4:09 pm.
Calgary police have laid charges against a man accused in a hate-motivated assault over the summer.
Investigators say on June 24, around 2:20 p.m., a man and a woman were waiting to cross at a marked crosswalk at Southland Drive and Southport Road SW, when a man they didn’t know approached them and hit the other man.
He was heard shouting a racial comment before leaving the area on foot, according to police.
The couple reported the incident to police who began investigating.
The suspect later turned himself in to police in connection with a separate hate-motivated assault that happened downtown.
Charges were announced earlier this week against 32-year-old Kyle Thompson in a July 3 hate-motivated incident. In that case, he is facing one count of uttering threats and three counts of assault.
During the course of that investigation, police identified him as the suspect in the earlier incident.
Thompson has been charged with one count of assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm.
He is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 17.
Any evidence of hate motivation is considered by the courts after a person is found guilty of the connected crime. If the judge decides during sentencing that hate was a motivation for the offence, it’s an aggravating factor that can add to the convicted person’s sentence.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Calgary police at 403-266-1234 or tip anonymously through CrimeStoppers.
