{"id":836967,"date":"2026-07-30T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836967\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:43:09","slug":"suspects-sought-after-violent-robbery-of-senior-in-vancouver-vpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836967\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects sought after violent robbery of senior in Vancouver: VPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver police are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify a group of suspects involved in what investigators describe as a violent robbery targeting a senior Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 9:15 a.m. near East Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue, according to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).<\/p>\n<p>Police say a 75-year-old man was walking in the neighbourhood when he was approached by a group of assailants who allegedly pushed him to the ground, punched him multiple times in the face, and stole his belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have released video of the attack in hopes of identifying those responsible.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/VPDNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#VPDNews<\/a>: Vancouver Police are releasing a video of suspects involved in the violent robbery of a 75-year-old man near East Hastings Street and Jackson Avenue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very serious incident where a senior who lives in the area was going for a walk in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qjCclNeiyU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qjCclNeiyU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VancouverPD\/status\/2082905994116612381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very serious incident where a senior who lives in the area was going for a walk in the neighbourhood and was attacked and robbed,\u201d said Cst. Megan Lui in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects are still out there. Our hope is that the video will help us track them down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the victim tried to recover his property by following the suspects after the robbery. During that confrontation, the suspects allegedly slammed him into a wall twice before fleeing the area.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to hospital with a head injury and bruising. Police say he has since been released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking anyone who witnessed the robbery or has information that could assist investigators to come forward,\u201d Lui said. \u201cWe want to identify those responsible and hold them accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver police are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify a group of suspects involved in what investigators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-836967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}