Crime scene tape is up at Tillicum Annex Elementary School following what Vancouver police say was a targeted shooting Wednesday night.
Police said reports of shots fired came in around 8 p.m. in the area of Cambridge and Nanaimo Streets in East Vancouver.
When officers arrived on scene they found one man suffering from gunshot wounds.
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He was rushed to hospital and died a short time later.
Witnesses tell Global News they heard more than a dozen gun shots.
Police said while it’s early in the investigation, they do not believe the public is at risk.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting are not known at this time.
This is the city’s 12th homicide of 2018.
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