VANCOUVER - A man with the same name as the gunman slain in Wednesday's shooting in Ottawa had a criminal record in Vancouver.
The slain shooter has been identified as Michael Joseph Paul Zehaf Bibeau, born in 1982.
A man with the same name and year of birth was charged in Vancouver in December 2011 with robbery.
He pleaded guilty in February of the following year to the lesser charge of uttering threats, for which he was sentenced to one day in jail in addition to 66 days credit for time served.
Court records indicate he was seen by a psychiatrist while in jail and found fit for trial.
The Vancouver police and the B.C. RCMP have confirmed they are working with the municipal police and Mounties in Ottawa, though they have declined to provide any more information.