Vancouver police are investigating after an early morning shooting in East Vancouver.
Two people are in hospital with gunshot wounds following the shooting at around 6 a.m. at a residence on Industrial Avenue near Station Street. Police say the victims were targeted.
No arrests have been made and officers will remain at the scene as the investigation continues.
Police said that just before 6 a.m., an unidentified suspect went to the home of a 31-year-old Vancouver woman on Industrial Avenue near Scotia Street and shot her. She called 911 and told the dispatcher that she had been shot and the suspect had left.
Officers arrived a few minutes later to discover a 23-year-old Langley man had also been shot in the same apartment. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries, but the woman is in critical condition.
“It’s still very early in the investigation, but initial information leads us to believe this was a targeted shooting, unrelated to gang conflict,” said media relations officer Const. Jason Doucette.
Detectives from the department’s major crime section are asking anyone with information about the shooting, or who was in the area around the time of the incident, to call 604-717-2541 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
More to come.
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