Video showing a man setting fire to a homeless woman sleeping on a Vancouver sidewalk has been released by the Vancouver Police Department in the hope people will see it and come forward with tips. Police say the woman in her 30s was sleeping on Hamilton Street near the Queen Elizabeth Theatre when the unidentified man approached at around 4 a.m., Dec. 13, 2020. Security camera captures video of blanket covering sleeping woman being set on fire:Man sets fire to blankets of homeless woman CBC News BC Video 0:35 Vancouver Police are looking for tips after a man set fire to a woman sleeping on the sidewalk of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. She appears to be white, in her 30s with dark, shoulder-length hair and was wearing a grey, full-length button-up jacket. The suspect also appears white, between 35 and 50 years old and between five feet five and five feet 10 inches tall.

Source: CBC News January 12, 2021 20:55 UTC