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Man assaulted and killed in Crab park over the weekend

Darpan News Desk Vancouver Police, 09 May, 2022 09:55 AM

Vancouver – Vancouver Police are investigating after one man was killed yesterday in the city’s fourth homicide of 2022.

VPD officers were called to Crab Park around 10.20 a.m. Saturday for reports of one man being assaulted.

Andrew Wadden, a 45-year-old Vancouver resident, was found by police in the park with life-threatening injuries.

Despite life-saving efforts by VPD, BC Ambulance Services and Vancouver Fire and Rescue Service, Wadden died at the scene.

Eric Kim, 26, has been charged with second degree murder.

Anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Major Crime Section at 604-717-2500.

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