Vancouver police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in what they are calling an unprovoked attack on a stranger outside the Hudson’s Bay downtown on Nov. 28.
Vancouver police are seeking help identifying a suspect seen in CCTV video suddenly attacking a man walking on the sidewalk outside of the downtown Hudson’s Bay store last week.
The video shows a 28-year-old man walking alone eastbound on West Georgia Street at 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 28. As he reaches a crowded bus stop, a man lunges at him, hits him in the face and pushes him to the ground.
“This was a completely unprovoked and violent sucker-punch on a total stranger,” said Vancouver police spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison. “Given this level of random violence, we have serious concerns that another innocent person could be assaulted and badly injured by this suspect.”
According to the VPD, the victim suffered …