Authorities are seeking a suspect wanted in a chemical spraying incident that injured a CHP officer.

On Thursday, July 6 at approximately 10:50 a.m., a CHP Valley Division Commercial Enforcement Officer initiated a traffic enforcement stop on a single occupant vehicle for speeding in the Clements area of unincorporated San Joaquin County. As the officer approached the violator’s vehicle, the driver suddenly reached out the window and sprayed the officer in the face with an unknown chemical. The unprovoked attack immediately incapacitated and temporarily blinded the officer while the suspect fled in the vehicle. The officer was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and subsequently released.

Investigators have since recovered the suspect vehicle and identified the suspect as 55-year-old Timothy Scott Egger of Salida. CHP has obtained an arrest warrant for Egger and is actively looking for him.

The CHP put out a request for assistance in locating Egger and noted that investigators want to be clear, anyone suspected of assisting Egger in his attempt to avoid capture will be arrested and charged accordingly.

Anyone with information regarding Egger or his current location is asked to contact the CHP Valley Division Tip Line at 916-731-6580 and/or their local CHP Office.