Transit police are asking the public for help identifying the suspect in a recent stabbing at a SkyTrain station.
A man and his girlfriend boarded a train at Gateway Station heading for Surrey Central Station just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 15.
"While the train was in motion, there was an alleged verbal interaction between the victim and a nearby male passenger, which resulted in the male passenger pulling out a sharp object and stabbing the victim in the abdomen," says Metro Vancouver Transit Police (MVTP).
A witness helped the victim, a 24-year-old man residing in Surrey, and his girlfriend down to the main entrance level at Surrey Central where they contacted 911.
The victim was taken to hospital in serious condition and has since been released.
The suspect continued on the train to King George Station where he then exited the station. Investigators determined that the suspect had entered the SkyTrain system at Stadium Station in Vancouver earlier that day.
MVTP describe the suspect as a six-foot-tall Caucasian male with a light brown beard. He was wearing a black jacket with a grey hoodie pulled over his hat, blue jeans, black shoes, and, at one point, glasses. The hoodie had "Trust No One" embroidered on the hood.
Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is asked to call MVTP at 604-515-8302 or text at 87.77.77 and refer to file 2023-7065.
Surveillance footage from Stadium Station shows the suspect on the SkyTrain platform:
