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Quiet funeral for young man killed on bus
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Date: Sat. Aug. 9 2008 8:59 PM ET
About 600 people turned out to say farewell to Tim McLean, the 22-year-old Winnipeg man murdered in a bizarre attack aboard a Greyhound bus.
The funeral took place Saturday afternoon at a Winnipeg church.
His uncle, Alex McLean, told people who attended the funeral service that his nephew was "friendly, kind, sweet and caring."
Tim McLean, a travelling carnival worker, loved making new friends on his many journeys, said his uncle.
But "he never left behind the ones he made in high school," McLean said. "His love of his friends was easy to see".
The 22-year-old had been returning to Winnipeg following a stint on the road. He had sent text messages to family saying how much he was looking forward to seeing them.
As he dozed on the bus, a man took a seat beside him. Without warning or apparent provocation, the man attacked McLean with a large knife as the bus neared Portage La Prairie, Man. on its way towards Winnipeg.
Terrified people streamed off the bus. The assailant then severed McLean's head and taunted police.
Vincent Weiguang Li, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder. A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for Li. He will return to court on Sept. 8. Li has yet to enter a plea.
The horrific nature of the attack has led to an outpouring of sympathy for McLean's family, who describes their deceased loved one as a light-hearted charmer.
Some members of a controversial U.S. church group plan had announced plans to demonstrate at McLean's funeral.
Although no member of the group ever met McLean, they claim he lived an immoral and godless life, just like all other Canadians.
The group is notorious for protesting at military funerals across the United States.
No members of the U.S. church group showed up; but instead hundreds of strangers arrived at the church ready to block their planned protest. Winnipeg Police also showed up, in case of trouble.
McLean's family and friends stopped and thanked some of those who showed up outside the church.
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I think he was pushed to take matters into his own hands. I have a teenage son and if he was involved with a drug dealer I would be furious and try anything to save him like this father did for his daughter. Why do police often say they can't do anything until it's too late? Whether it be a drug dealer or an abusive spouse, the police can't seem to do anything until something really bad happens. In this case they could have raided the drug dealers home and arrested him. The whole town knew what was going on in that house but yet the police chose to do nothing. Release this man and give him a medal for doing the right thing by his daughter. I can't wait to see the episode on W5, I will certainly be watching this one.
