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WATCH: Toronto Officer Praised For Restraint In Standoff With Suspected Van Driver

"Shoot me in the head," the suspect says. The officer tells him to get down. Seconds later, the man is on the ground, handcuffed. The officer did not fire any shots.
Police inspect a van used in a rampage that left at least 10 people dead Monday in Toronto.

The man suspected of killing at least 10 people on Monday by plowing a rented white van down crowded Toronto sidewalks appeared in court Tuesday morning and has been charged with 10 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.

And the Toronto police officer who arrested Alek Minassian, who during a tense standoff repeatedly yelled that as Constable Ken Lam.

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