Vancouver Police step up patrols in the Downtown Eastside amid recent gun violence
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VPD officers say they recovered 14 real and replica firearms in the neighbourhood over the last 4 days, some of which led to arrests. “We received a 9-1-1 call from a woman who had been pepper sprayed in front of the Carnegie Community Center on Sunday morning, we were able to track a suspect to a couple of tents in the areas of Patricia Hotel. We recovered a shotgun and two men were arrested in that case,” Addison said.
Also on Sunday, a man was arrested after a daylight shooting which left a 31-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. “We also have our investigators, organized crime investigators working behind the scenes to better understand what has led to so many guns in the neighbourhood during the last number of days. We’re not sure at this point whether or not this ia a blip on the radar or if there’s something bigger that’s happening. We need to look into that a little bit more to get a better grasp on that,” Addison explained.
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