National

Arrest in fatal shooting: VPD

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Oct, 2023 04:08 PM

A man has been arrested following a fatal shooting in East Vancouver last month.

VPD officers responded when two men were shot near Victoria Drive and East 28 Avenue on September 10 just after midnight. Both men were taken to hospital for serious injuries. Zuhoruddin Mansoori, 35, died on Monday morning from his injuries. The second victim is recovering.

VPD homicide detectives arrested one man on October 18. No charges have been laid and the incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Vancouver Police Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.

This is Vancouver’s 13^th homicide of the year.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Heat-wave death risk grows for seniors in Canada

That heat wave lasted several weeks and saw the town of Lytton, B.C., destroyed by a fire a day after it recorded a temperature of 49.6 C, the highest temperature ever seen in Canada.

Heat-wave death risk grows for seniors in Canada

Bill introduced to overhaul B.C. forestry

Katrine Conroy told the legislature the proposed changes align forestry legislation with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act passed in late 2019 and introduce "new tools to establish resilient forests."

Bill introduced to overhaul B.C. forestry

Vancouver police told to change handcuff policy

The police board says it launched a review of the department's protocols when Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter were handcuffed after trying to open an account at the Bank of Montreal using their government-issued status cards.

Vancouver police told to change handcuff policy

VPD investigates replica pipe bombs found at safe injection site

On October 16 just before 3 p.m., cleaning staff at the safe injection site near Pender and Abbott streets found what are now known as two replica pipe bombs inside the toilets. Staff believed they were imitation bombs and turned them over to police. VPD’s Emergency Response Team Bomb Technician attended and safely destroyed the device.

VPD investigates replica pipe bombs found at safe injection site

Proactive policing leads to seizure of drugs, cash and a vehicle: Surrey RCMP

Police seized 151 oxycodone pills, 51 morphine pill, and 21 grams of cocaine, which was packaged for street level sale. In addition to the illegal drugs, officers seized $4685 in cash along with the vehicle being used to facilitate the offences.

Proactive policing leads to seizure of drugs, cash and a vehicle: Surrey RCMP

Richmond RCMP seek public assistance in locating South Asian female Shewanie Gounden

Police are very concerned for Shewanie's health and well-being and friends and family report that it is out of character for her to be out of contact for this long.