Murder, aggravated assault charges laid in Vancouver stranger attacks
CTV
Charges were approved in a pair of brutal stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver Thursday, one day after the rush-hour rampage left one man dead and another with a severed hand.
Charges of murder and aggravated assault in a pair of brutal stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver were approved Thursday, one day after the rush-hour rampage left one man dead and another with a severed hand.
According to publicly available court records, Brendan Colin McBride, 34, of White Rock, B.C., has been charged in what the city's police chief described as "completely random" attacks on Wednesday morning.
Police were called to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary on Dunsmuir Street shortly after 7:30 a.m. for reports that a man in his 50s had suffered a severed hand and knife wounds to his head. The man was taken to hospital for emergency treatment and is expected to survive.
Eight minutes later, at 7:46 a.m., officers were called to the area of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre where a second man was reportedly attacked. The victim, who police said was about 70 years old, died at the scene.
More than an hour later, a 34-year-old suspect was arrested on Habitat Island, near the Olympic Village, when officers were called to reports that a man was behaving erratically and yelling at a passerby.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
