VPD investigates city's 7th homicide of the year

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s seventh homicide of the year, after a man died in hospital earlier this month.

VPD officers responded to reports of an assault near East First Avenue and Main Street at 4:30 p.m. on June 2. Scott Carver, 56, was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and died.

A 61-year-old man has been arrested. Investigators believe the suspect and victim knew each other.

The file remains under investigation. Charges have not yet been laid.