Police have announced the arrest of a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»man suspected in a double homicide that took place in East Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»early Tuesday.
Jason Holland, a 43-year-old Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»resident, was taken into custody Wednesday night in Harrison Hot Springs by the ¸é°ä²Ñ±Ê’s Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, with assistance from Chilliwack and Agazzi RCMP, and the ³Õ±Ê¶Ù’s Emergency Response Team.
The two homicide victims have been identified as 72-year-old Dennis Wragg and 68-year-old Paul Tonks. Both are from Vancouver.
The fatal shootings were the city's sixth and seventh homicides of 2020.
Police say they received a 911 call regarding the shooting inside a residence located near Commercial Drive and East 11th Avenue just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon, the VPD indicated they had identified a vehicle of interest that may be connected to the killings. That vehicle, a grey 2005 Dodge Caravan minivan, with British Columbia license plate number 175-LXR, was recovered Wednesday in Chilliwack.
Holland remains in custody.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact detectives from the ³Õ±Ê¶Ù’s Major Crime Section at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
