Update: June 21, 2018

VPD investigators have identified the victim of Thursday’s homicide on Commercial Drive as 33-year-old Vancouver resident Joseph Glen Jandrew. As detectives continue to process evidence, they are asking additional witnesses who were in the area around the time of the incident to come forward.

Vancouver Fire and Rescue called police to Commercial Drive near East 1st Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. on October 12th, regarding a man in medical distress. The man was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries. This was Vancouver’s 16th homicide of 2017.

Anyone who may have information about this homicide is asked to call detectives at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.