A Vancouver man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in a shooting in the city’s Downtown Eastside last year.
It happened on Sept. 22, 2019, and was one of three shootings in the area in a 15-hour period.
A Global News crew was near Pender and Abbott streets, reporting on the two prior shootings, when they heard gunfire and witnessed a man fleeing the area with a handgun.
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The Vancouver police Emergency Response Team subsequently arrived and searched the Grand Union Hotel near West Hastings and Abbott streets.
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Joseph Bassett, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder along with one count of unlawful possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, one count of breach of a firearms prohibition order, one count of assault with a weapon, and one count of aggravated assault, Vancouver police said Friday.
Police believe the shooting was related to the drug trade.
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