VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It’s being described as a chaotic, terrifying situation with one witness believing a movie was being shot in the neighbourhood.
Vancouver Police have a suspect in custody following a multiple stabbing in Vancouver’s West End. It happened around 6:45 p.m. yesterday inside an apartment building on Barclay near Bute Street.
Seven people were injured, six of whom had to be taken to hospital. One person is said to have very serious injuries.
Everyone shocked they say this is a quiet, nice neighbourhood that hardly ever has any problems.
Jeff was in the neighbouring building.
“I heard screaming and then I heard all the sirens and the police come. I could see them, from my living room, running up the stairwell and yelling, “Vancouver Police! Show yourself!’”
“A lot of these victims were unrelated to each other and had no dealings with each other. It was something that possibly happened within the hallway and a random attack on all these individuals,” says Sergeant Randy Fincham with the VPD.
“It’s early and we’re attempting to determine how far into the building this individual went. At this point, we don’t believe that this person lives — or did live — inside that building. We’re attempting to determine where in the building he had travelled when he was in there.”
The 33-year-old suspect was arrested in one of the suites but police don’t believe he lives in the building. An officer was also injured during the arrest.
Police don’t have a motive for the attack.
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Here is a PRIME example of the rampant and ever growing population of mentally ill, sick and/or drug addicted members of society that naturally gravitate towards dense urban environments just like downtown Vancouver.. These 30, 40, 50 year old apartment buildings are FULL of them, where they often live unchecked and unmonitored in an overly “everyone has equal rights” society.
No one can deny that Vancouver;s streets are full of people that need to be removed and isolated from normal society and cared for in more appropriate environments.
Yeh well the government cut funding and puts these people out on the streets. They closed down the hospitals that look after the mentally ill and they all get released onto the streets.
OMG it didn’t happen in SURREY. What a Shock. Greg from Vancouver is Super Ignorant!.
Really people? It’s not about the weapon that was used, it was about the person who did it. Sad thing is Society will always include people like this. Whether we change the laws on the weapons or not, there will always be a way. Somehow, somewhere with something.
They better still be shocked, after all it just happened last night.
If they were totally cool with that… now, that would be truly shocking.
probably some guy with mental issues. Mental issue people registry needed?
Who ever did this, no matter what the excuse, should be permanently removed from our society and placed in a controlled facility. No release for any reason. Protection of the public must be first and foremost.. And yes, in the USA, he could have had a gun… with a much worse outcome.
oh gees, another day in Vancouver.. a town full of criminals and always brimming over month to month
Unfortunately with the government closing facilities and dumping mentally ill on the streets without support we will continue to see terrible attacks such as stabbings and beheadings on buses by mentally ill who are then reassessed and released… Time to speak to our MPs, its not going to improve
I agree! Our mental health care system is in a sad state. People get brought in and then are released to go back onto the street. They dont care if these people dont have a place to go. All they care about is getting them out to make room for the next person.