Vancouver police had a busy Thanksgiving weekend after a slew of incidents sparked hundreds of calls for help.
For approximately 40 hours, starting on Friday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m., the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) dealt with 1,200 calls.
There were 145 high-priority emergency calls, 23 calls related to weapons, 34 calls of assaults in progress, six people injured in a stabbing, and one person shot with a crossbow, according to Deputy Chief Howard Chow.
In the Downtown Eastside, a male victim in his 20s was shot in his chest by an assailant with a crossbow. The incident was reported to police on patrol by bystanders, according to Global News. Someone removed the arrow from the young man’s chest and applied pressure to the wound before the man was rushed to hospital, police said. Investigators believe the shooting resulted from an altercation earlier in the day….