Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a suspect in an alleged violent attack against a woman on a bus died of an apparent drug overdose a week after the incident in April. Police appealed to the public for help identifying the man on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, they said he has been identified as a 48-year-old Vancouver resident with no fixed address. Transit police say the suspect boarded a bus in the Downtown Eastside on April 15 and made remarks towards two Asian women who got on wearing masks.
Police said in a statement on Tuesday that he stated "words to the effect of 'Go back to your country; that’s where it all started.' "
They say the man allegedly kicked and punched another female passenger who told him to leave the women alone.