Multiple people taken to hospital following stabbings in Lynn Valley

One suspect is in custody and multiple people have been taken to hospital following a series of stabbings within and outside Lynn Valley Library today.

There is no longer an ongoing threat to the public, according to the North Vancouver RCMP.

B.C. Emergency Health Services told the North Shore News six patients have been taken to hospital following the incident.

Amy Robertson, emergency health services spokeswoman, confirmed that the call came in at 1:46 p.m. on Saturday. Eleven ambulances and two supervising vehicles were deployed to the scene at Lynn Valley Road and 29th Street.

Neither emergency health services or police could confirm any other information about the victims.

Shayla Dyson, a Vancouver resident who was eating at nearby Brown’s Social House in Lynn Valley Centre, witnessed a woman walking with her child near the library when she was suddenly jumped by a man and stabbed, according to Dyson.

“I immediately shoved one of my friends behind me so they didn’t have to watch it happen,” said Dyson. The man then apparently left the scene before he was arrested by police.

Brown’s staff then brought the woman, along with her child, into the restaurant for safety.

Dyson said the woman’s child appeared to be physically unharmed.

“He was covered in his mom’s blood,” noted Dyson.

Police are still searching for any potential additional victims. Any witnesses are asked to call the RCMP at 604-985-1311.

North Vancouver District Public Library tweeted that the Lynn Valley Library branch would be closed for the rest of the day and that the public should “avoid the area.”