Vancouver – Vancouver Police are investigating a homicide in Chinatown.
Officers responded to West Pender and Carrall Street shortly after midnight and discovered a man who was deceased.
The victim has not yet been identified and no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.
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The survivor has life-threatening injuries, but police say the public is not believed to be at risk. IHIT is trying to determine if the tripped alarm and triggered sprinklers could be linked to the case.
IHIT investigators have identified the victim as a 17-year old man, who lived in the complex in which the shooting took place. At approximately 9:15 a.m. a White Nissan Rogue was reported to have been set on fire in the area of 173 Street and 101 Avenue in Surrey.