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.

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