Police have identified the 80-year-old man found dead Saturday in Abbotsford. Nirmal Bains' death is considered suspicious. The integrated homicide team is leading the investigation. Bains was found by a family member in an outpost building on his rural property near the airport. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Hope crash victim identified
May 3, 2012 by
The identity of the pick-up truck driver involved in a single-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway on Sunday has been released. The BC Coroners' Service says 44-year old Darcy Lee Ohlson's Ford F-150 left the roadway and crashed into the Skylock Road overpass' concrete pillar north of Hope, just after 5:00 a.m. The Nanaimo man was returning home … [Read more...]
Victim of sawmill blast identified
April 24, 2012 by
The BC Coroners' Service has identified the man killed in last night's sawmill explosion in Prince George. 43-year old Alan Little was a shift supervisor at the Lakeland mill. 10 of his colleagues remain in hospital in serious, but stable condition. Meantime, Worksafe BC has issued an immediate order for safety inspections of all sawmills in … [Read more...]
Victim of Richmond shooting identified
April 19, 2012 by
The victim of a shooting in Richmond yesterday has now been identified. Sgt. Jennifer Pound with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the victim is 36 year old Justin Nethaniel Po from Richmond. Po was shot and killed at the intersection of Katsura Street and Ferndale Road yesterday afternoon. Pound says police believe that a male … [Read more...]
Police link B.C. homicide victim to grow op
March 10, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Police in Langley say the shooting death of a 25-year-old man appears to be related to a marijuana grow operation.Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says two men found Cory Kelly in a vehicle Friday night.She says Kelly was transported to hospital but was pronounced dead.Pound says the shooting does not … [Read more...]
Meet John Doe: RCMP unveil 3-D model of murder victim
February 29, 2012 by
In true CSI fashion, RCMP have generated a 3-D facial reconstruction of a man found murdered on a beach near the University of B.C. in the hope that it will solve a six-year-old mystery. The man’s decomposing body was discovered on Oct. 6, 2006, in a sleeping bag on the shore of Tower Beach in the UBC Endowment Lands. In an “out-of-the-ordinary” … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Surrey shooting victim dead; IHIT taken over
February 27, 2012 by
A shooting victim in Surrey is dead and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over. RCMP Staff Sgt. Blair McColl says the shooting happened at a home in the 14000 block of Grosvenor Road last night. "At about ten minutes to ten, we received a report of several shots fired in a residential area." It is not yet known whether the … [Read more...]
Pitt Meadows homocide victim identified
February 2, 2012 by
Metro Vancouver’s latest homicide victim has been identified as 26 year old Brandon Howson of Maple Ridge. His body was found on Tuesday morning in a rural area of Pitt Meadows. RCMP Sgt. Jennifer Pound says Howson was known to police. She is calling Howson’s murder a targeted homicide, but adds it’s too early to speak about a … [Read more...]
Police dog bite victim files lawsuit
January 26, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - A man whose leg was bitten by a police dog during an arrest has filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver Police Department and the department is being challenged to change its dog-training policy in keeping with some U.S. cities.Christopher Evans, 33, was arrested last June with the aid of a police dog after he was suspected of smashing a … [Read more...]
Murder victim had gang connections
November 7, 2011 by
Vancouver Police are confirming reports identifying the man gunned down sunday morning at the intersection of Ash and West 7th. Police say 29-year-old Axel Curtis is known to them, and is suspected of having gang links. Curtis was believed to be a low-level member of the United Nations gang. He has a lengthy criminal record, for drug … [Read more...]
