Man Dead After 'Targeted Shooting' On Vancouver's East Side

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Jul, 2018 12:17 PM

Targeted shooting in Vancouver is the city's 12th homicide of 2018

Vancouver police say one man has been killed in a targeted shooting.

Const. Jason Doucette says it happened in northeast Vancouver just before 8 p.m.

Several callers to 911 reported hearing shots fired and responding officers found the man a short time later.

Doucette says in a news release that the unnamed man was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

Based on details gathered early in the investigation, he says police do not believe the public is at risk.

The slaying is Vancouver's 12th homicide of 2018.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Child Found Unconscious In Montreal Pool Dies In Hospital

Montreal police say a six-year-old child has died in hospital after being found unconscious in a swimming pool.

Child Found Unconscious In Montreal Pool Dies In Hospital

Woman Pulled Shotgun From Trunk And Shot 2 People, Toronto Police Allege

A 21-year-old woman is facing 10 charges after allegedly shooting a pedestrian and a passing cyclist in an unprovoked attack in downtown Toronto.

Woman Pulled Shotgun From Trunk And Shot 2 People, Toronto Police Allege

'Human Thing To Do:' Transit Rider Who Jumped On Subway Tracks To Save Fallen Man

A Toronto transit rider heralded as a hero after rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks said he couldn't have done it without the help of two strangers who jumped in with him.

'Human Thing To Do:' Transit Rider Who Jumped On Subway Tracks To Save Fallen Man

Wife Of Imprisoned Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Sworn In As Canadian Citizen

Ensaf Haidar and her three children took the oath of citizenship in a Canada Day ceremony on Sunday in Sherbrooke, Que.

Wife Of Imprisoned Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Sworn In As Canadian Citizen

O No Canada!: U.S. Team Apologizes For Botching Canadian Anthem

The Lowell Spinners in a social media statement Monday blamed Sunday's substandard performance of "O Canada" on an audio delay between the microphone and the speakers and the inexperience of a team employee singing in front of a large crowd.