Vancouver Police are investigating a targeted shooting in the downtown core tonight.

Multiple witnesses began calling 9-1-1 around 5:40 p.m., after shots were fired near Richards and Robson streets.

Evidence indicates the shooting was targeted, and at this time there are no known injuries and no arrests have been made.

Additional VPD officers have been deployed to the downtown core, and investigators will work throughout the night to collect evidence from the crime scene.

Witnesses, or anyone with information, are asked to contact VPD’s Major Crime Section at 604-717-2541.