One man was arrested and one other hospitalized with severe accidents after a taking pictures that straddles Vancouver’s Chinatown neighborhood and the Downtown Eastside Sunday afternoon, in accordance with police.
Vancouver police say the incident occurred round 2:30 p.m. on East Hastings between Principal Road and Columbia Road
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A 31-year-old man suffered a number of gunshot wounds and was taken to hospital with severe accidents, in accordance with Sgt. Steve Addison.
“There was a parked, occupied automotive on East Hastings Road that was hit. It is a miracle that the particular person in that car wasn’t harm in any respect and it is only a miracle that nobody else was caught within the gunfire,” Addison mentioned.
“The suspect is a person in his 30s initially from Alberta. Greater than two dozen law enforcement officials, together with investigators from VPD’s Main Crime Division and Forensic Identification Unit, are presently on the case.”
Witnesses within the space reported on social media that they heard a number of gunshots and noticed a big police presence within the space when the arrest was made.
“The suspect seems to be a relative newcomer to the realm. He’s initially from Alberta and does have some police historical past from Manitoba, however doesn’t have a big police historical past right here in Vancouver,” Addison informed International Information.
“So we nonetheless have to do some work to grasp what the connection between them was, if there was one, and what this incident stemmed from.”
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