The 20-year-old worked at an egg packing facility in Ontario, Canada, and was once described by a psychologist as being prone to anger, according to CTV News.
Mr Veltman and his twin sister are the eldest of six siblings, ranging in age from 10 to 20. His father works at a technical college and his mother is thought to work as a personal trainer.
Following his parent’s divorce in 2016, according to court filings seen by CTV, he left his mother’s home in Strathroy, and went to live with a girlfriend before finding his own apartment nearby.
He was living in downtown London, Ontario, in an apartment building on Covent Market, about 2km (or 1.3 miles) from where the incident occurred on Sunday. He was thought to have lived in the city for about six months.
A co-worker at Gray Ridge Eggs Inc told The London Free Press that Mr Veltman was “broken” by the death of a family member on Friday — two days before the attack.