Shooting in Downtown Eastside sends one person to hospital 

There is an increased police presence in the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown Sunday as Vancouver police officers respond to a shooting. 

Police said a victim with multiple gun shot wounds was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. However, he is expected to survive.

“VPD officers were working on East Hastings Street around 2:30 p.m. when the 31-year-old victim was repeatedly shot,” a statement from VPD explained.

The shooting occurred near Columbia and E Hastings streets.

“While some officers stayed to care for the injured man, others tracked the suspect as he fled from East Hastings to Chinatown,” VPD added.

The suspect who is a man in his 30s and originally from Alberta, was arrested.

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Police said the victim is known to police but does not live in the Downtown Eastside.

Drivers were told that they could expect delays in the area.