Last Hallowe’en, a BCIT nursing student came across a young man who had been stabbed outside the Plaza of Nations.
She provided first aid to the victim, who later succumbed to his injuries, before leaving the area.
The Vancouver Police Department is now asking this woman to come forward to share her observations from that night.
“She was doing the right thing,” Const. Jason Doucette, the VPD’s media relations officer, said at a press conference on Monday morning. “She stuck around and did her best.”
The police have no reason to believe she’s trying to avoid coming forward; she might not know they would appreciate her help, Doucette said.
The 911 call came in at 2 a.m. Nov. 1. Two groups of men were involved in an altercation near the taxi stand at 750 Pacific Boulevard. Three men received stab wounds; one of them, 25-year-old Hansen Jia Chen of Burnaby, died. No charges have been laid yet.
Police have already had people come forward with cellphone videos from that night but they continue to issue an appeal for more videos and photos from 9 p.m. on October 31 to 2 a.m. on November 1.
The BCIT nursing student and other people who might have information are asked to call 604-717-2500. “Every little piece of information is important,” Doucette said.
