{"id":560920,"date":"2026-03-26T00:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560920\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T00:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:52:23","slug":"vancouver-police-investigating-homicide-in-downtown-eastside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560920\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver police investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man died on Friday in Vancouver\u2019s Downtown Eastside (DTES).<\/p>\n<p>Police say that the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) responded first to a \u201cman in medical distress\u201d on East Hastings Street near Columbia Street at 7:40 a.m. on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite life-saving efforts, the man was pronounced deceased,\u201d the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics notified police shortly after, because they deemed his death to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"4410423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/vlcsnap-2026-03-25-14h10m55s429-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Vancouver police investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside.\" class=\"wp-image-4410423\"  \/>Vancouver police investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside. (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"4410422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/vlcsnap-2026-03-25-14h10m46s526-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Vancouver police investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside\" class=\"wp-image-4410422\"  \/>Vancouver police investigating homicide in Downtown Eastside. (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey attempted life-saving measures but the man was pronounced deceased, and because of the suspicious nature of his injuries, the paramedics called for the police. We attended, secured the scene, and later on, the VPD\u2019s Homicide Unit was called,\u201d Sgt. Adam Donaldson told 1130 NewsRadio.<\/p>\n<p>The Homicide Unit is now investigating and is not providing more information at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t get into the details of the nature of the injuries. That would be a very crucial piece of evidence in the investigation,\u201d Donaldson said.<\/p>\n<p>However, investigators are now asking witnesses to contact police at 604-717-2500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe someone out there may have seen something or someone out there might know something, and we really encourage them to come forward and be a witness and call the homicide unit, please,\u201d Donaldson said.<\/p>\n<p>He understands that people in the DTES are often less willing to speak with the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to emphasize here that we understand that people in the Downtown Eastside are often very reluctant to come forward and speak to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man died on Friday in Vancouver\u2019s Downtown Eastside (DTES). Police say that the BC Emergency Health Services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-560920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}