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Vancouver Police arrest Rajesh Narayan after a 59-year-old man was stabbed to death in an east-side home Saturday morning.

Darpan News Desk Vancouver Police, 26 May, 2021 09:48 AM

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s seventh homicide of 2021, after a 59-year-old man was stabbed to death in an east-side home Saturday morning.

VPD officers were called to the home, near Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue, at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday for reports that a man had been injured. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds.

#VPDLivestream PD investigates after man killed in Collingwood stabbing https://t.co/YztypnSVnD
— Vancouver Police (@VancouverPD) May 25, 2021

He was taken to hospital, but died Monday.

Rajesh Narayan, 38, was arrested on Saturday by VPD officers and is now charged with second degree murder.

Investigators believe the suspect and the victim knew each other.

Vancouver Police have identified the victim in this year’s seventh homicide as Richard William Hooper.

Hooper, 59, died in hospital Monday, after being stabbed during an incident inside a home near Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue on May 22.

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