Vancouver – A two-year Vancouver Police investigation has resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a Downtown Eastside murder.

Police responded just before 7 a.m. on January 17, 2023 to reports of a shooting inside the West Hotel, near Carrall Street and East Hastings. Officers found the 20-year-old victim, Thunder Dennis, fatally injured inside the hotel.

Homicide investigators from VPD’s Major Crime Section led the two-year investigation, and arrested the suspect on Monday.

Jorge Marquez Medina, 67, has been charged with second-degree murder. He remains in custody.

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