Vancouver Police investigate homicide in Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood

VANCOUVER Police are investigating an overnight homicide in the city’s Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood.

VPD officers responded shortly after midnight on Thursday morning, after a man was stabbed at a residential building near Kingsway and Melbourne Street. The man died before being taken to hospital.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested and is currently in custody.

The victim has been identified as 34-year-old Brian Mathew Clayton.

Police believe the suspect and victim knew each other.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Vancouver Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.