Man found dead in Vancouver apartment first murder of 2016: police

A Northbound View of Granville Street, Downtown Vancouver.
(Image and caption provided by Wikipedia/Michael G. Khmelnitsky)

Vancouver police are investigating the city’s first homicide of 2016.

Const. Brian Montague says in a release a body was discovered in an apartment Saturday night (on Granville Street near Broadway).

Police from the Major Crime Section are looking for evidence.

The team investigates all homicides and sudden deaths under suspicious circumstances.

More details on the death are expected to be released Sunday afternoon.