Alek Minassian An App developer identified as Toronto Driver
Alek Minassian was named by CBS News sources as the suspect who was arrested in connection with the horrific van accident. He is 25 years old. The suspect was previously known to law enforcement in Toronto, CNN reported. However, CTV has reported that Toronto police said Minassian was not previously known to them.
CBS sources later confirmed the photo of Minassian, as seen in the LinkedIn profile above. According to his LinkedIn, Minassian was a student at Seneca College in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada from 2011-2018.
Jonathan Dienst of NBC News reported that Minassian had allegedly researched and chatted online about the Isla Vista killings in California in 2014. The Isla Vista massacre occurred when 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured 14. He stabbed three men in his apartment, and then drove to a sorority house and shot three female students outside. Then Rodger drove to a deli and shot a male student, and then began driving through the city, shooting pedestrians and hitting some with his car. He was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Alek Minassian is an app developer who created an app called the Toronto Green Parking Advisor, available for free on Google Play. The Toronto Green Parking Advisor has been downloaded more than 100 times and was last updated on December 24, 2014. The app has a three star rating on Google Play.
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