Two homicides reported in Vancouver within five hours
Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:17:15 +0000
Police are investigating the city’s third homicide of the year and second of the weekend after a woman was found dead inside her Gastown home early Sunday.
The woman’s death was discovered just five hours after a man across town was found dead inside his car. There is no indication at this time that the cases are connected.
Around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday police were called to 112 Water St. after a 45-year-old woman was found dead inside a residence in Gastown. First responders couldn’t revive the woman and she was declared dead at the scene.
There have been no arrests. At this time police say there is no risk to the public. Police didn’t release information about the cause of death but say it’s being treated as a homicide.
It’s the city’s third homicide of the year. Just hours earlier, Vancouver police recorded the city’s second homicide of 2020 after a man was found dead inside a car parked at the Marine Gateway complex Saturday evening.
According to police, a passerby spotted the man dead inside a car that had been parked in the underground parkade of a Cineplex theatre at Marine Drive and Cambie Street around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Investigators believe the death is a homicide.
After the discovery, police set up a checkpoint at the exit of the parkade, where each vehicle was stopped and checked before being allowed to leave the property.
Investigators say the incident is believed to be targeted, though no arrests have been made. Police haven’t commented on reports that gunfire was heard in the area around the time the man’s body was discovered.
Anyone with information about the Gastown death, or the Marine Gateway death, is asked to contact Vancouver homicide investigators at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.