April 24, 2024

Man is facing charges for threatening to shoot a Vancouver bus driver

On Sunday night police say a woman waiting for a bus at Commerical drive and Broadway told a driver a man at the bus stop was sexually harrasing her.
 
That man then got on the bus and started mouthing off at the driver.
 
Police say after the driver asked the man to get off — he allegedly threatened the operator saying, “I have a gun in my pocket and will shoot you in the head.”
 
Soon after Richard David Male was arrested and then released with conditions.
 
The 46 year old, who is known to police, is facing charges of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. 

No gun was found.
 
Male appears in court again at the end of February.

CKNW Vancouver News

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