Random Attacks Vancouver

• Vancouver teen facing multiple assault charges after weekend attack by seawall

  The 15-year-old was arrested and jailed on Saturday night after three people were randomly assaulted on the seawall near Olympic Village, police said Monday.

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  May 2, 2022
  
• Plagued by public safety concerns, Chinatown business owners plead for government help

  “The level of chaos now is ten times worse than what it was in 2010," said Tracy To of the street disorder outside her legacy business.

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  May 1, 2022
  
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• Rash of unprovoked assaults spurs public forum in Vancouver

  According to the Vancouver Police Department, an average of four people are the victims of random, groundless attacks by unknown suspects in the city each day.

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  Mar 3, 2022
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• ‘We don’t have all the answers’: Deputy police chief on rise of unprovoked attacks in Vancouver

  It's an alarming set of "extraordinary incidents" and there is no quick and simple way to crack down on the problem, the Vancouver deputy police chief told Global News on Tuesday. 

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2022
• Vancouver man facing multiple assault charges after allegedly attacking five women

  Cole Stanley Martin was arrested after a brief struggle with police on Saturday afternoon after reportedly chasing several women and threatening others with broken glass.

  Crime

  Feb 28, 2022
• Five women allegedly attacked during one man’s 40-minute crime spree in Vancouver

  The suspect, a 38-year-old man who was possibly in psychosis at the time, was arrested and jailed after a brief struggle near Oak Street and West 10th Avenue on Saturday.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2022
• ‘We’re going to go after them’: Window smashing in Vancouver up 40% since 2019, say police

  The worst part for the shopkeepers, said Michael Peterson of Vancouver Glass, is that replacement glass can take five to seven days to get manufactured.

  Crime

  Feb 27, 2022
• Man arrested after allegedly attacking 3 strangers in downtown Vancouver

  Two victims were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was arrested Tuesday in Mount Pleasant.

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  Feb 8, 2022
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• Man suffers life-threatening stab wounds after random attack in Vancouver coffee shop

  The stabbing took place around 6:20 a.m. on Saturday at the Harbour Centre Tim Horton's near Seymour and West Hastings Street and was captured by the shop's security cameras.

  Crime

  Jan 24, 2022