Tim McLean, a carnival worker returning home to Winnipeg, was sleeping against the window near the back of the bus. Vince Li, who had boarded the bus at a previous stop, moved to sit next to McLean. Without warning or provocation, Li produced a large knife and began stabbing McLean in the neck and chest.
Dozens of passengers witnessed the initial moments of the attack. Their accounts provided immediate, graphic context to investigators long before forensic photos were processed. Vince Li Crime Scene Photos
The standoff continued for several hours. Li eventually broke a window and tried to escape, whereupon he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In a pre‑trial hearing, he was heard to say: “Please kill me”. Tim McLean, a carnival worker returning home to
McLean’s mother, Carol de Delley, has since become an advocate for victims’ rights and for changes to Canada’s not-criminally-responsible laws. While she has acknowledged that Li was mentally ill at the time of the killing, she has consistently argued that the system fails victims by treating the most violent acts as if they were not crimes at all. Dozens of passengers witnessed the initial moments of
: Li legally changed his name to Will Baker and resides as a private citizen in the community.