York Regional Police (YRP) say a Mississauga man has been charged after a woman was sprayed with an aerosol irritant during what investigators are treating as a hate‑motivated assault at a Vaughan community event late last month.The incident happened on May 28 around 7:55 p.m., when officers were called to a weapons report in the area of Steeles Avenue West and New Westminster Drive.Police say the victim was attending a community gathering when she was approached by an unknown man. After a brief interaction, the suspect allegedly sprayed her with an aerosol irritant before fleeing toward Conley Street and New Westminster Drive.The woman was taken to the hospital with non‑life‑threatening injuries.Following a public appeal, investigators with the YRP Hate Crime Unit identified and arrested a suspect.Police say Scott Kynnersley, 41, of Mississauga, was charged on June 11 with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, breach of weapons prohibition order and failure to comply with probation.At the time of the attack, Kynnersley was already on probation and subject to a weapons prohibition order for unrelated offences, police said.