EL CENTRO — A police investigation is underway after an unidentified man sprayed an unknown substance at a group of people marching down Main Street Saturday morning.
The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. during the annual Imperial Valley Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative march.
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