Woman in Vancouver stabbed with hypodermic needle, VPD make arrest

By Michael Williams

Posted March 10, 2022 2:33 pm.

Last Updated March 10, 2022 3:20 pm.

Vancouver Police have arrested a woman following another unprovoked stabbing with a hypodermic needle on the Downtown Eastside.

Officers responded to the incident around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, after a 41-year-old woman walking near Main and East Pender was assaulted by a stranger, who stuck a needle in her leg.

VPD arrested 27-year-old Kayla Elizabeth Kelly, who lives in the neighborhood. Kelly has been charged with assault with a weapon.

Police claim there is no evidence Tuesday’s attack is related to a similar stabbing with a needle that happened on the Downtown Eastside in October 2021.

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