Police tape blocks off the front of the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver following the city’s first homicide of 2012.
Constable Lindsey Houghton says a man, believed to be in his twenties, was shot dead inside a busy restaurant in the hotel about 8:45 Tuesday night, “At this point, it’s too early to say whether this is gang-related, but this does appear to be a targeted shooting.”
No one else was injured. The victim hasn’t been identified.
No one has been arrested, and Houghton says there is no suspect information.
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