Vancouver police are looking for a suspect in what is described as a random BB gun attack that took place in East Vancouver Thursday night. Around 7:30 p.m. near Kingsway and East 17th Avenue, a man who had just left Sunnyside Park “felt a stinging sensation in his left calf and believed he had been struck by a BB pellet,” according to a statement from the VPD. Police said the victim’s injuries were minor. The victim saw a man wearing a face covering and hoodie sitting on a bench and confronted him, believing he was responsible, police said. He told the other man he was going to call 911 and “a brief altercation occurred” before the suspect fled, the statement continues. The department described the suspect as a white man, about 50 years old, 5’10” with a “medium build.” He was wearing a dark hoodie, construction tool belt and tan cargo pants at the time. Police couldn’t find the suspect that night and ask anyone with information or video to call the VPD at 604-717-3321.
