DTES Shooting

• Downtown Eastside shooting leaves 25-year-old man in critical condition

  Vancouver police said the incident happened just after 10:30 a.m. near East Hastings and Main Street.

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  Jan 30, 2025
  
• Man found with gunshot wound in Vancouver’s DTES

  Police investigators were on the scene for hours on Wednesday and yellow crime scene tape was up as investigators looked for evidence.

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  Dec 19, 2024
  
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• ‘At least’ 2 hurt in ‘chaotic’ shooting on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  Vancouver police said it wasn't immediately clear to responding officers who was involved in the shooting, describing the scene in the DTES Thursday as 'chaotic.'

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  Jun 2, 2023
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• 5 people arrested after person reportedly shot in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  BC Emergency Health Services told Global News crews responded to the area for a shooting and a person was transported to the hospital.

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  Feb 17, 2022
• Man dies after being shot by police on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  The man had allegedly smashed the window to his room and was throwing large wooden objects out the window, police said.

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  Jan 5, 2021
• Man pleads guilty in one of three shootings in 15 hours on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  A Global News crew was in the area reporting on two other shootings when they heard shots fired and saw a man fleeing with a hand gun.

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  Oct 23, 2020
• Woman injured in Oppenheimer Park shooting was ‘accidentally’ shot by her son: police

  Police have wrapped their investigation into the Oct. 26 shooting, but won't recommend charges because "everyone involved has been uncooperative."

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  Nov 22, 2019
• Vancouver police make another arrest in trio of DTES shootings

  Joseph Bassett, 29, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and multiple weapons offences, police said.

  Sep 27, 2019
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• Vancouver police make 2 arrests in 1 of 3 of Downtown Eastside shootings

  The shooting left a 50-year-old man with serious injuries.

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  Sep 24, 2019
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• More police, camera headed to DTES after trio of shootings, escalating violence

  Police aren't tying the shootings directly to the Oppenheimer Park homeless camp, but say there's a 'direct nexus' between it and growing violence in the area.

  Sep 23, 2019