Vancouver domestic dispute turns deadly

Investigators are at the scene near Kingsway Ave and Joyce St. in Vancouver after a police involved shooting earlier this morning.

Shortly after 10:30, police received a call about a small child crying, a man yelling, and blood on the walls in the hall of an apartment building.

When officers arrived, they were confronted by a man with a weapon. He was challenged by police and shot.

A woman’s body with what appears to be multiple injuries was discovered inside a suite. Her identity has not been released.

The 33-year-old man is accused of stabbing the woman in a domestic dispute, and a young child was also involved.

An eyewitness told Global News he heard multiple shots.

He says the family had lived in complex for some time and was quiet.

Vancouver police say no officers were injured in the altercation. The child and suspect were both taken to hospital.

VPD spokesperson Brian Montague says their investigators will be talking to everyone in the apartment building to figure out exactly what happened before and after the officers arrived.

He says it was a very traumatic experience for the officers, especially because a young child was involved.

This is Vancouver’s third homicide of the year.

The Independent Investigations Office has been notified and seven IIO investigators have been deployed to the scene.

Robin Plomp with the IIO says the suspect was armed with a knife when two officers attended the call. The IIO says the suspect did not respond to the officers’ commands to drop a weapon.