Murder charge laid in fatal 2023 stabbing on Vancouvers Downtown Eastside – BC [Video]

Posted October 30, 2024 5:08 pm

Updated October 30, 2024 7:17 pm

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0:26Charge laid in 2023 Downtown Eastside homicide

A murder charge has been laid, 11 months after a man was stabbed to death in Vancouver’s Downtoen Eastside.

Vancouver police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing on the Downtown Eastside last fall.

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Ricky Martinz, 44, was found near Carrall and East Hastings streets with serious injuries early in the morning of Sept. 28, 2023, and died in hospital.

Police said Hevert Solis Moreno, 39, was arrested Wednesday and is now facing charges.

He remains in custody.

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