Vancouver –Vancouver Police are investigating a shooting in the Downtown Eastside that sent one person to hospital this morning.

Witnesses called 9-1-1 reporting a person had been shot near East Hastings and Main Street, just after 10:30 a.m.  Officers located a 25-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital by paramedics where he remains in critical condition.

No arrests have been made. Investigators believe this was a targeted shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Major Crime Section at 604-717-2541.

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