‘A number of people’ stabbed, suspect shot in downtown Vancouver

Vancouver police are responding to a violent incident downtown on Wednesday morning that left multiple people injured, including the suspect.

There was a massive police presence at the intersection of Robson and Hamilton streets, with a 7/11 convenience store behind a police cordon.

Police at the scene of a serious incident in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Phil Figueiredo / CKNW

Police said on social media that “a number of people” had been stabbed.

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Officers shot the suspect, police said.

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It was unclear how seriously any of the victims or the suspect had been injured.

In video posted to social media, first responders could be seen performing chest compressions on a person being wheeled to an ambulance on a stretcher.

B.C.’s civilian police watchdog the Independent Investigations Office has been deployed to the scene, but has yet to release any additional information.

More to come…

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