Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after Vancouver home invasion

An 89-year-old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a violent home invasion in South Vancouver last week.

The attack took place shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 at a home near East 53rd Avenue and Victoria Drive and the suspect is still at large.

“Right now, we believe there is a public safety risk as we don’t know who is responsible for this,” said Const. Tania Visintin in a news statement.

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The Vancouver Police Department have now released footage of the suspect and consider the incident a “priority investigation.”

They said the unknown man entered the South Vancouver home through an unlocked front door, assaulted the home owner, who confronted him, and fled before police arrived.

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The home owner remains in critical condition.

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“This incident is absolutely frightening,” said Visintin.”Preliminary evidence suggests there is no relation between the victim and the suspect and that it was purely a random, isolated incident.”

Anyone with more information about the attack or the suspect is asked to call VPD’s major crime section at 604-717-2541 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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