Man killed in Vancouver police-involved shooting
Posted August 19, 2025 7:27 pm.
Last Updated August 20, 2025 7:56 am.
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says a man was killed in a police-involved shooting in East Vancouver Tuesday afternoon.
Officers were called to the corner of Rupert Street and Vanness Avenue around 4 p.m. in what police say was a “dispute between two neighbours.”
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO 1130 NEWSRADIO VANCOUVER LIVE!Upon arrival, the officers reportedly saw a man with a weapon. He was shot shortly after.
According to police, paramedics tried to revive the man, but he died at the scene.
No other injuries were reported.
Neighbours tell CityNews that they heard a dispute between two people before police arrived.
“My son said that he heard a man saying, ‘Okay, call the cops.’ And the next thing you know, cops were called, and two cops went inside. And then just, not even like two minutes after that, there was five or six times gunshots,” one resident said.
Another neighbour objected to the police officers’ use of force in the incident.
The VPD says it has notified the Independent Investigations Office of BC, which will be investigating the shooting.
