VANCOUVER — A cash reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of Daon Gordon Glasgow, the subject of a police manhunt in connection with the shooting of a transit officer.
Glasgow has spent most of his adult life in custody or being supervised by probation and parole officers, and has consistently performed poorly while in the community.
According to Parole Board of Canada decisions dating back more than a dozen years, Glasgow has a lengthy criminal history with more than 20 offences related to drug dealing, breach of trust and violence — including manslaughter.
“[You] have behaved in a way that suggests you care little for the consequences of your crimes or the conditions placed upon you by the courts, probation or parole,” the board wrote in a pair of 2009 decisions.
Police have been looking for the 35-year-old Glasgow in connection with the Wednesday shooting of Const. Josh Harms, 27, on the platform of the Scott Road SkyTrain station. Harms, who has been an officer for three years, is recovering from gunshot wounds to his arms.
Crime Stoppers announced this weekend that it is offering a cash reward for information leading to his arrest. The value of the reward, typically up to $2,000, is determined after a tip is provided. Anonymous tips can made by phone at 1-800-222-8477 or online at solvecrime.ca.
Clashing with the authorities is not unusual for Glasgow who, according to court records, has been known to use the aliases Darrell James Davis and Cornell Gibson.
The parole board decisions, issued over the course of two federal prison sentences, paint Glasgow as a career drug dealer.
Although his offences were initially non-violent, they demonstrated “a comfort level with making fast money in a relatively dangerous environment.”
He was aggressive as part of his “drug-dealer persona,” and progressed to physical violence.
Before being released on day parole in February 2007, Glasgow professed to want to change. He had a two-year gap in his offending, behaved well in prison, had a job lined up and wanted to go back to school.
Glasgow lasted two months before absconding from his halfway house. He was at large for 333 days, until he was found loitering at a transit station and suspected of selling drugs. He gave police a fake name, and when that didn’t work, he tried to escape by jumping into the Fraser River.
His parole was revoked.
He remained in prison until June 2009, when he was given statutory release, which is automatically granted to most federal prisoners who have served two-thirds of their sentence. Two months later, he failed to show up for a meeting with his parole officer and was at large for 69 days. His release was revoked.
Glasgow was given statutory release again, but three days before his sentence was set to expire on March 30, 2010, he committed his most serious offence. Glasgow shot and killed Terry Blake Scott in the washroom of a Surrey McDonald’s restaurant after a marijuana deal went bad.
In April 2011, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, minus credit for time served.
In October 2018, the board imposed conditions on Glasgow’s impending statutory release.
At the time of the shooting, Glasgow was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a suspected violation of his statutory release terms. His sentence was set to expire on Oct. 27, 2019.
Surrey RCMP Sgt. Chad Greig said police believe Glasgow might flee B.C. to evade capture. He has a criminal history in Ontario and has lived in Nova Scotia.
Glasgow is dark-skinned, five-foot-five, 170 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Glasgow is believed to be armed, and anyone who sees him is asked to call 911 right away and not approach him.
Investigators are also asking the public for dash-camera footage from around the Scott Road SkyTrain station on Wednesday between 4 and 5 p.m.
