Police searching for man who hit woman pushing child in stroller

Police are seeking help locating a man who allegedly hit two people, including a woman pushing a child in a stroller, with an unknown object in the Long Beach area on Thursday. 

They say that the first assault happened at around 9:45 a.m. near the intersection of 21st Street and Pine Avenue, where the man approached a child inside of a stroller and hit them with the object, according to Long Beach Police Department. 

The child was not injured in the incident, police said. 

Hours later, at around 12:30 p.m., the suspect is again said to have committed a similar assault, hitting an Oura Ortega with the object at the same intersection. 

Ortega's daughter took her to the hospital. She still has a bandage and remains bruised.

Investigators describe the man as standing between 5-foot, 5-inches, and 5-foot 7-inches tall. He has a "peach fuzz" mustache and was last seen wearing a white hat with a turquoise sweater worn over a black hooded sweatshirt. He was also wearing blue pants, white and black shoes and a black bag with shoulder straps around his neck. 

Anyone with more information on the suspect, who is wanted for assault with a deadly weapon, is urged to contact investigators at (562) 570-7250.