NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — 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.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 13, 2020.
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