On 12 May, the news anchor – from 5 Eyewitness News in Minneapolis, Minnesota – was at a light-rail station on his way to work when he was struck in the eye, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s office. “A man from close range threw something at my face.
It had enough force to cause some damage to my left eye. And that’s why I’m wearing the eye patch here, to protect my eye as it heals,” Belanger said in a video posted to Facebook.