Surrey police seek help identifying stranger assault suspect

A worker and a Good Samaritan were hurt in an unprovoked assault in a Surrey convenience store Sunday, according to police.

Police in Surrey are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly attacked two strangers at a 7-Eleven Sunday, sending one to hospital.

In a second appeal for information Monday, the Surrey Police Service said its serious crime team has taken over the investigation, and released a new photo of the suspect who remains at large.

Police were called to the convenience store at 120 Street and 64 Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Sunday for an assault in progress, where they found two victims, both men.

“Both victims were at the business when the suspect began to physically assault one of them, a staff member at the business. (Then) the other victim, a Good Samaritan bystander who intervened, was assaulted with a weapon, believed to be knife,” a statement from the SPS reads.

The man who was assaulted with a weapon underwent surgery and remains in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

“This was an unprovoked incident of random violence, and we are concerned that the suspect may assault someone else,” says Staff Sgt.Lindsey Houghton with the SPS said in the statement.

“Someone in the community knows who the suspect in this stranger attack is and we are urging them to come forward and contact police as soon as possible.”

The department asked anyone with information, photos or video to call 604-599-0502 and reference police file number 2025-11329 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers. Police cautioned the public not to approach the suspect and instead call 911.

The SPS describes the suspect as a South Asian man with a “heavy build,” and black hair, wearing a light-coloured hoodie, beige pants and white shoes. He is approximately 30 years old and 6’1” tall.