Vancouver police search for ‘dangerous’ wanted man believed to be in Lower Mainland

Vancouver police are searching for a “dangerous” man wanted across Canada for breaching his conditional sentencing order tied to an aggravated assault charge.

Melqui Torres-Foot, 27, stabbed a stranger on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver last year, police said.

“Torres-Foot is considered to be dangerous and investigators believe his violent behaviour is escalating,” reads a news release from the Vancouver Police Department on Friday.

There’s a “high likelihood” Torres-Foot is in Vancouver, Const. Tania Visintin told Global News, but investigators believe he could be “anywhere in the Lower Mainland.”

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He is described as five feet eight inches tall and 135 pounds with short black hair, brown eyes and a two-inch scar on his cheek. Anyone who sees him or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately.

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