Suspect arrested in SkyTrain stranger attack, Vancouver police say
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Vancouver police say they have arrested a suspect one day after releasing a video that shows a man being pushed down a flight of stairs at a city transit stop.
Vancouver police say they have arrested a suspect one day after releasing a video that shows a man being pushed down a flight of stairs at a city transit stop.
Police say a man was arrested Saturday in the alleged assault of a 61-year-old man at the downtown Granville SkyTrain station.
Const. Tania Visintin says in a statement the arrest was made after a citizen reported seeing the suspect after watching the video police posted on social media.
She says more than 80,000 people viewed and shared the video of the alleged March 1 incident within the first 24 hours of its release.
Visintin says the social media exposure helped police make an arrest in the incident.
She says a 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged incident, but has yet to be formally charged.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 20, 2022.
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