Police say a man has been arrested in connection with a double homicide in East Vancouver on Tuesday.
Joseph Holland, 43, of Vancouver, was arrested Wednesday night in Harrison Hot Springs by the RCMP’s Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, with assistance from Chilliwack and Agassiz RCMP and the VPD’s Emergency Response Team.
He has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.
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Two men were found shot in an East Vancouver home near Commercial Drive and East 11th Avenue early Tuesday morning.
The victims have been identified as 72-year-old Dennis Wragg and 68-year-old Paul Tonks. Both are from Vancouver.
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Police identified a vehicle of interest following the discovery of the men in the home. That vehicle was recovered in Chilliwack on Wednesday.
These two homicides are Vancouver’s sixth and seventh homicides of 2020.
Police say Holland remains in custody.
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