Although, I too at first said, why was there nothing done by the other passengers, it also gave me food for thought on what else could have happened...
Woman, good Samaritan killed in Brampton stabbing
Posted: April 30, 2008, 4:31 PM by Melissa Leong
Crime
Peel Regional Police are investigating a multiple stabbing at a strip mall northwest of Toronto that left a woman and a Good Samaritan dead in a parking lot outside a pizza shop.
Police received a call at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday of a report of a group of people involved in a knife fight. It's believed a man fatally stabbed a woman. Police say a male passerby tried to intervene in the attack, but he was fatally stabbed as well.
After he was stabbed, the good Samaritan ran into a hair salon and died.
"I'm very upset because my worker is so just so upset," the owner of the salon told reporters. "He was the main witness, he saw the whole thing happen."
Const. J.P. Valade confirmed a man and a woman had been killed and two others stabbed but could not provide further details of the case because it had been turned over to Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit. A man was taken to hospital in police custody after inflicting injuries on himself, police say.
A witness who works at A-One Pizza said he came back from a pizza delivery and saw a woman lying dead on the ground. Amrik Mander said he had never seen the woman before. He added that she looked like she was in her 30s or 40s. “There were six or seven ambulances and police everywhere,” he said.
Video footage shows police have surrounded and cordoned off the parking lot. The SIU is an independent body that investigates circumstances involving police and civilians which have resulted in serious injury.
Canwest News Service, with a file from Global News
Good Samaritan stabbed to death near Montreal police HQ
Last Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2006 | 9:15 AM ET
CBC News
A Good Samaritan was stabbed to death in Montreal Wednesday evening when he tried to help a woman who was being harassed on a street just steps away from police headquarters.
Police say the victim was riding his bicycle when he saw a man harassing a woman at St-Urbain Street and President Kennedy Avenue.
When he asked the man to stop, he was stabbed in the chest.
"[He] died in hospital minutes later," said police Const. Olivier Lapointe.
"We have a description of a suspect. He could be someone who is known to police — a homeless person," Lapointe said.
Police believe the woman who was being harassed may also have been homeless.
It was Montreal's 26th homicide of the year, compared to only 16 by this time last year.
Copyright © CBC 2008
Punch to head killed Good Samaritan near Edmonton bar
Victim was scrappy pipefitter who was out with friends, says dad
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 5:37 PM MT
CBC News
A man police said was trying to break up a fight outside a north Edmonton bar died from being punched in the head, the medical examiner said Tuesday.
Randy Lintner died after trying to stop a fight outside an Edmonton bar, said police.
(CBC)
Randy George Lintner, 46, died from head trauma as a direct result of a punch to the head, an autopsy concluded.
Police were called to a fight outside the Canadian Brewhouse near 127th Avenue and 97th Street just after midnight on Sunday. They found Lintner suffering from serious injuries. He died later in hospital.
Investigators said Tuesday it doesn't appear Lintner knew the people involved in the fight he was trying to stop.
Police have seized a vehicle believed to be the one attackers fled in, but they said they have not yet identified any possible suspects or established how many people were involved in the incident.
Lintner's father, Ken, told CBC News on Tuesday his son had always been a "scrapper." The pipefitter worked all over Alberta and had been staying with him since Christmas.
Paramedics found Lintner with serious injuries in the parking lot of an Edmonton bar.
(CBC)
On Saturday night, Lintner headed out with friends, telling his dad to leave the door unlocked because he would likely be home late. But when they arrived at the bar, they saw a fight in the parking lot.
According to what friends and police told Ken Linter, Randy yelled that he was going to call the police and walked over to try to break it up but was punched in the head.
Witnesses said it took several minutes for emergency crews to respond on Sunday.
Paramedics arrived within three minutes but had to wait about 20 minutes for police to arrive to secure the scene, which is standard procedure, officials said Monday. They said officers were tied up with several serious calls that came in at the same time.
But Ken Lintner said the delay doesn't matter because police told him his son was brain-dead almost immediately after being hit and falling to the pavement.
Randy Lintner, who leaves behind two sons in their 20s, is Edmonton's first homicide of 2008
Copyright © CBC 2008
In Ireland,
City's Good Samaritan dies after aiding pub attack man
By Kathryn Hayes
Monday June 09 2008
A GOOD Samaritan who went to the aid of a man who was being assaulted has died in hospital.
Mike Cronin (41) from Limerick city, suffered a serious head injury when he tried to intervene in a row near a pub in Limerick four weeks ago.
He was initially taken to the Mid Western Regional Hospital but was subsequently transferred to Cork University Hospital where he died at about 6.30 yesterday morning.
It is understood the 41-year-old went to the defence of a young man who was being assaulted near Quinlivan's pub, on the Hyde Road, between 10.30pm and 11pm on Sunday May 11.
Struck
But as he tried to help, he was struck and fell to the ground.
There were a number of witnesses at the scene who were questioned by gardai, but no arrests have been made since the incident.
Mr Cronin, originally from Coonagh on the outskirts of Limerick, had been living in the Hyde Road area of Limerick city.
Police said the incident took place between the traffic lights at Carey's Road junction and Colbert railway station on the Hyde Road.
Manslaughter
A post-mortem examination on Mr Cronin is due to be carried out today by State Pathologist Marie Cassidy. She will travel to Cork to carry out the tests. Depending on the results, the gardai may decide to upgrade their assault investigation to a murder or manslaughter inquiry.
"An intensive investigation was carried out following this incident and our inquiries will continue," said one source.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Roxboro garda station on 061 214340.
A spokesperson for Cork University Hospital yesterday confirmed that Mr Cronin had died there yesterday morning.
Funeral arrangements are expected to be confirmed later today.
- Kathryn Hayes
©Independent.ie
Let's face it, by the time this degenerate had the attention of the other passengers, Tim Maclean was dead. There was absolutely nothing the passengers could do but leave the bus, and hold him until the authorities arrived.
Anyone who claims they would have done something other than what those passenger did, to be candid, are talking through the side of their mouths IMO. At that point you are dealing with a crazed murder, with a knife and a victims head in hand.
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