Apna News Brief
Vancouver police are asking the public to help identify a man suspected in a random BB gun attack near Sunnyside Park on Thursday night.
At about 7:30 p.m. on November 12, a man leaving the park near Kingsway and East 17th Avenue felt a stinging sensation in his left calf and believed he had been struck by a BB pellet, police said. He turned to see a man wearing a face covering and a hoodie sitting on a nearby bench, confronted him and said he was calling 911. A brief altercation followed and the suspect fled.
The suspect is described as a white man, about 50 years old, 5’10” tall with a medium build, wearing a face covering, a dark hoodie, a construction tool belt and tan cargo pants.
Extensive patrols of the area did not locate the suspect. The victim sustained minor injuries.
Anyone with information or CCTV footage is asked to call the VPD non-emergency line at 604-717-3321.
(Source: Vancouver Police Department, November 13, 2026)
