Police are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in Richmond overnight.
Richmond RCMP said the body was found near Garden City Road and Granville Avenue shortly after 4:30 a.m.
The death is being treated as both suspicious and targeted, said Mounties in a news release.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called to the scene and is now leading the investigation.
Police have released no other details about the victim.
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Just three weeks ago, 41-year-old Richmond resident Joseph De Carvalho was found dead just over a kilometre away on the 7500 block of Bridge Street.
Police also described his killing as targeted.
Investigators have not commented on a possible link between the deaths.
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