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27-year-old woman arrested in man’s East Vancouver death

File photo. Police tape cordons off a crime scene in Vancouver, B.C., on April 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver police have arrested a 27-year-old woman in the killing of a 34-year-old man in the Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood on Thursday.

Police were called to a home near Kingsway and Melbourne Street shortly after midnight.

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The victim was found with stab wounds and died before he could be taken to hospital.

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Police have identified the victim as Brian Mathew Clayton.

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Investigators believe the suspect and victim knew one another.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Vancouver police at 604-717-2500.

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