Police rule out East Vancouver assault suspect, continue investigation
Posted August 17, 2023 2:19 pm.
Last Updated August 17, 2023 5:58 pm.
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is continuing its investigation into a Wednesday morning assault after ruling out the incident’s primary suspect.
Police initially released a photo of a man who was seen on video leaving the area after the assault. VPD says investigators eventually determined he wasn’t involved with the crime after obtaining “new information from the victim.”
#VPDNews: #VPD has ruled out a suspect in a stranger attack yesterday in East Van. Investigators obtained new information from the victim, confirming the man in the photos released earlier today was not involved in the crime. https://t.co/tyLJexVkK3 pic.twitter.com/XsHfo7whnQ
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) August 18, 2023
Police say the unprovoked attack took place just before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, and left an East Vancouver man with significant injuries.
The victim of the assault, a 58-year-old man, was at a bus stop at the corner of Kingsway and McKinnon Streets near his home in Vancouver’s Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood when the attack took place.
“A stranger began yelling and acting erratically, then attacked the man without provocation before walking off,” the VPD said in a news release.
Police say the investigation remains ongoing.
The VPD is asking anyone with information to call their tip line at 604-717-4034.
