A 37-year-old Richmond man has been arrested and charged in relation to a stranger assault back in September.
Xuewei Li faces one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a weapon for an incident involving a 62-year-old man.
The man was allegedly assaulted by an unknown assailant near Walmart in the 9500 block of Tomicki Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. on Sept. 10.
Cpl. Dennis Hwang, Richmond RCMP spokesperson, said the suspect fled before officers arrived at the scene and was not found after an “extensive search.”
“No motive for the attack was determined,” he added.
The victim was sent to the hospital with “a serious but non-life-threatening laceration.”
On Nov. 1, 2023, police arrested Li for the assault and executed a search warrant at his Richmond residence.
He was identified as a suspect after an investigation by Richmond RCMP’s General Investigative Section, Strike Force Unit and frontline patrol officers.
