The suspect in an Vancouver 'unprovoked stranger attack' that left one man dead and another with his hand cut off has been charged.
A White Rock man has been charged after two separate stranger attacks in Vancouver Wednesday, where one man died and another had his hand cut off.
Minutes later, 7:46 a.m., and less than 350 metres away, another man was attacked at West Georgia and Hamilton streets. The man, believed to be 70 years old died at the scene.A person who was walking their dog near Habitat Island called the police just after 9 a.m. for a man behaving erratically. The person told police the stranger was yelling at him. Unbeknownst to him, the person he was interacting with was the suspect police were looking for.
"This appears to be a very troubled man who has a lengthy history of mental health-related incidents, which have resulted in more than 60 documented contacts with police throughout Metro Vancouver," said Palmer."My understanding is that he was not breaching his conditions by being in Vancouver and that the conditions on the probation order were quite, quite light,” said Palmer."Charges were not pursued.
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