Suspect in deadly Vancouver stranger attacks was on probation: VPD chief
VANCOUVER — The suspect in a pair of "unprovoked stranger assaults" in downtown Vancouver that left one man dead and another with a severed hand on Wednesday morning was on probation for a 2023 assault and had 60 previous police interactions, Vancouv
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A police officer stands near an evidence tent outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Vancouver's police chief said the suspect in a pair of "unprovoked stranger attacks" in the city's downtown that left one man dead and another with a severed hand was on probation for a 2023 assault and had more than 60 previous police interactions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
'Palmer said the suspect, who had a "lengthy history of mental health related incidents," was tracked down with the help of a police drone operator and arrested at Habitat Island, near the Olympic Village.
He said the 56-year-old victim whose hand was cut off was expected to survive, while police were in trying to identify the man killed near the theatre, who was believed to be about 70 years old.'
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Police have arrested a suspect accused of killing one man and and severing another man's hand in what is being described as a pair of downtown stranger attacks.
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“What I can tell you is 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,” Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer said at a Wednesday press conference'