VANCOUVER — A 34-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault over what police called a pair of stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday.
Vancouver police said in a statement that Brendan Colin McBride remained in custody until his next court appearance on Sept. 18.Officers said the first attack occurred early Wednesday morning near Richards and Dunsmuir streets, where a man had his hand severed by his assailant.While officers were investigating the first attack, police said Laporte was killed outside the nearby Queen Elizabeth Theatre at West Georgia and Hamilton streets.
Court documents show McBride was most recently sentenced to 18 months of probation in April over an assault that occurred in White Rock, B.C., last September The VPD chief had said police were looking into whether mental health was a factor in the attacks, calling the suspect"very troubled" with a history of assaulting officers and health care workers.
Wednesday's gruesome attack spurred a call from Port Coquitlam, B.C., mayor Brad West for a mental hospital to replace the Riverview facility that closed in 2012.
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