half an hour of the incident this tense exchange was captured by a possible by. the officer was praised for his bravery and for not shooting when others might have pulled the trigger now police will be able to question the suspect named as twenty five year old alec massey an authority say his act was deliberate but his motive unclear they sought to play down terrorism links on the basis of all of the lobel information at the present time there would appear to be no national security connection to this particular incident but the attack happened just after lunchtime in toronto with many people out enjoying some afternoon sun police said the van was used to plow along a two kilometer stretch of sidewalk with no calf or who or watch was targeted it.