Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning in east Vancouver. Read More
Here’s a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Sunday, April 6, 2025
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning in east Vancouver.
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The shooting was reported just before 4:30 a.m. inside a home near North Kootenay and Dundas streets. A 49-year-old man died.
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Two suspects, both in their 20s, have been arrested.
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VPD spokesperson Const. Tania Visinting said the major crime section and forensics investigators will be in the area all day gathering evidence.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 604-717-2500.
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Update: Random sexual assault in Abbotsford
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Police have released a sketch of a suspect in an apparently random sexual assault in an Abbotsford park late last month.
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A woman reported being sexually assaulted by a stranger in Mill Lake Park at 6:40 p.m. on March 24.
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She said she was assaulted while walking west on the path beside the lake, between Ashley Way and Alta Avenue.
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“She was alone when an unknown man approached her, asking for assistance to take a photo with his cellphone,” said Sgt. Paul Walker. She was allegedly assaulted during the encounter and “although shaken, she was not injured.”
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On April 4, police released a composite sketch of a suspect, described as a man in his 30s, about five-foot-eight with a medium build, short black hair and a short black beard. He was wearing black pants, a black and white short rain jacket with white in the chest area, and was carrying a black umbrella.
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Walker said investigators think it was a random incident, and no suspect has been identified or arrested.
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Any potential witnesses who were in the park between 6 and 7 p.m. on Monday, March 24, are asked to call the major crime unit at 604-859-5225.
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