Suspect in alleged bus assault died of apparent overdose: transit police

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 14 May, 2020 12:13 AM

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.

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