5 women sprayed at CSULB

The victims told police two young men in a "station-wagon type vehicle" approached them asking for directions, but sprayed them "with an unknown water-based substance" instead, said Lt. Stan Skipworth.

One of the victims, a Cal State Long Beach student, described her attackers as "college-age" and the car as an "old model gray Volvo station wagon."
"They pulled up like they're going to ask for directions, and then they spray you," said the victim who asked to remain anonymous. "They sprayed for like ten seconds."

What the suspects used to spray the substance is still unknown, Skipworth said. No one was injured.

The student said she was sprayed while walking with two friends along Earl Warren Drive. Although the foam-like substance made her cough and itch, she did not need to go to the hospital, she said.

The suspects could be charged with assault and battery, even though the incident was "akin to a water balloon fight," Skipworth said.

The incident occurred on at least two separate occasions between 6:20 and 6:25 p.m., with the first being on the 1300 block of Palo Verde Avenue. 
Two more victims were assaulted on the 1500 block of Earl Warren Drive. 
Freshman Chris Langan said he has heard of similar incidents.

"I knew of a friend in high school who would take an old empty fire extinguisher and fill it with water," Langan said. "They would go around and spray people with itÖI guess it could shoot pretty far."