VANCOUVER Police have arrested a suspect in the 2023 murder of a man in the Downtown Eastside.

The VPD initiated the investigation on September 28, 2023, after 44-year-old Ricky Martinez was fatally stabbed near Carrall and East Hastings Street.

Following an 11-month investigation by the Vancouver Police Homicide Unit, the BC Prosecution Service approved one count of second-degree murder against 39-year-old Hevert Solis Moreno, who was arrested on Wednesday by VPD officers.

The suspect is currently in custody.