Vancouver police say a man detained in a vehicle ramming at the city’s Pacific Coliseum on Thursday night had “religious delusions” and had been the subject of a 911 call earlier that day from a Bible study group.
Sgt. Steve Addison said Friday that the man was reportedly acting erratically at the church group, but he left before officers encountered him.
The man was later detained after a BMW sedan crashed into the Pacific Coliseum in East Vancouver during a Cirque du Soleil show at around 8 p.m. PT Thursday.
Addison said the suspect was in clear mental health distress.
“He was speaking and acting erratically, specifically having religious delusions, talking about Satan, talking about God, saying other things that made it very apparent that he was experiencing a mental health crisis,” Addison said at a press conference Friday.
“And he was clearly acting in a way that placed himself …