A file photo of the Granville Street entertainment district, where a machete attack inside a rooming house Saturday (Aug. 6) left four people seriously injured. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Machete attack at Vancouver rooming house leaves 4 with ‘life-altering’ injuries: police
Suspect lit suite on fire before attacking people with machete, police say
A suspect is in custody after police say the man lit his rooming house suite on fire Saturday (Aug. 6) night and attacked four people with a machete.
The Vancouver Police Department says officers were initially called to the Granville entertainment district, near Smithe Street, around 10 p.m. for a report of the suite fire, but while en route things escalated with the man allegedly attacking four people in the rooming house with a machete.
When officers arrived, they shot at the man and injured him, according to VPD. He was arrested and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The four victims were also taken to hospital, but with far more serious injuries. VPD says they will likely be life-altering.
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is now investigating VPD’s actions. It investigates all officer-related incidents that result in serious injury or death.
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