Vancouver police investigating Joyce-Collingwood homicide [Video]

A woman is dead and a 46-year-old suspect is in custody after an incident in Vancouver’s Joyce-Collingwood neighbourhood overnight.

The Vancouver Police Department shared few details in a statement Saturday morning, saying only that officers were called to a home near Rupert Street and Euclid Avenue around midnight.

When they arrived, they found a woman in her 20s deceased. A second victim, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, police said.

A home in the 4900 block of Rupert Street remained behind police tape late Saturday morning, and a neighbour who did not want to speak on camera or be identified told CTV News the residents are renters who moved in earlier this year.

A “for sale” sign advertising the home as a “residential development site” can be seen outside. The neighbour said the property has been on the market for years.

While the statement …