A person is dead after a heavy police presence was deployed in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday morning.
CBC News staff witnessed seven police vehicles outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and officers performing CPR on a person lying on the ground near Hamilton Street at West Georgia Street around 7:30 a.m. PT.
Soon afterwards, a CBC reporter observed a pool of blood under the person, whose body was then covered.
Police taped off a second scene nearby, a section of Homer Street between Georgia and Dunsmuir streets.
Const. Tania Visintin with the Vancouver Police Department said police were responding to a serious assault, but did not provide further details.
Extra patrols
On X, the VPD said it was investigating two “serious incidents” downtown between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m.
It said no arrests have been made and police say they do not know if the two incidents are connected.
“Extra VPD officers are patrolling,” the post said.
We are investigating two serious incidents downtown this morning between 7:30 and 7:45. No arrests have been made and it is unknown if the incidents are connected. Extra VPD officers are patrolling. Crime scenes are at W. Georgia and Hamilton, and near W. Georgia and Homer… <a href=”https://t.co/tAifALWg5T”>pic.twitter.com/tAifALWg5T</a>
—@VancouverPD