VANCOUVER The family of a man fatally stabbed in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside on Easter Sunday is joining police in asking for more witnesses to come forward. Robinson Russ was standing on the south side of West Hastings Street, between Carrall and Abbott streets around 10 p.m. on April 4 when the stabbing occurred, according to Vancouver police. The 37-year-old had just left an Easter dinner with his extended family, and police said there were dozens of people nearby at the time of the stabbing. On Wednesday, the slain man s father, Russell Davis, appealed to those potential witnesses directly. “I’m reaching out to everybody and asking for help so at least I can get some peace,” Davis said in a news release issued by the Vancouver Police Department.
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Vancouver police name victim following city s fourth homicide of 2021
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer s uniform as she makes a phone call after responding to an unknown incident in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck April 09, 2021 - 9:39 AM
VANCOUVER - Police have identified a 37-year-old Vancouver man as the city s latest homicide victim.
A statement from Vancouver police says 37-year-old Robinson Russ was fatally stabbed on April 4.
Const. Tania Visintin says Russ was attacked in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood and died later in hospital.
No arrests have been made in the city s fourth homicide of 2021.
No arrests have been made in the city s fourth homicide of 2021.
Visintin says investigators believe there were several people nearby at the time Russ was stabbed.
She says those witnesses are urged to speak with police.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 9, 2021.
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