A violent offender who stabbed a stranger in a downtown Tim Hortons in 2022 has been re-arrested by Vancouver Police, after breaching the conditions of his statutory release.
The attack sent a 25-year-old man to hospital in life-threatening conditions. The attack occurred around 6:20 a.m. inside the Tim Hortons at Harbour Centre, near Seymour and West Hastings Street. The victim, a newcomer to Canada, was waiting in line when the suspect approached from behind and repeatedly stabbed him in the back and shoulder before running out of the store.
Vancouver Police arrested David Richard Morin on a Canada-wide warrant Monday afternoon at his Vancouver halfway house. Morin pleaded guilty in June 2022 to aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years in jail for the unprovoked stabbing of a stranger inside the Tim Hortons at Harbour Centre. He obtained statutory release earlier this year, after serving two years of his jail sentence, and had been living at a halfway house in Vancouver.
Vancouver Police issued a public warning when Morin was released in June due to his significant risk to the community and his high risk of re-offending. Among the conditions of his release was a requirement to abstain from consuming illicit drugs or alcohol. The Canada-wide warrant was issued after he allegedly breached those conditions. Morin was taken into custody without incident and remains in custody.
