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Vancouver Police Investigate Shooting In Downtown Eastside Homeless Camp, One Man In Serious Condition

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Dec, 2019 09:50 PM

    Vancouver Police is investigating a shooting that sent one man to hospital at a homeless camp on the city's Downtown Eastside.

     

    Spokeswoman Tania Visintin says police were called to Oppenheimer Park around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound.

     

    She says the man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

     

    Visintin says the investigation is ongoing and no further information is available.

     

    In October, a 53-year-old woman who was visiting a man staying at the Oppenheimer Park encampment was seriously hurt in a shooting that police say happened not far from the homeless camp.

     

    The Vancouver Police Department is warning of a significant increase in weapons, violence and calls for service at the campsite as gangs compete for territory in the park.

     

    Police say they recently thwarted a murder plot by arresting three street gang members who were allegedly planning to kill a rival drug trafficker who operates in the area.

     

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