VANCOUVER Police blocked off a large section of a neighbourhood in northeast Vancouver Friday night while they investigated a fatal shooting. A body covered in a yellow tarp could be seen lying in the middle of Cassiar Street near East 5th Avenue, not far from the Thunderbird Community Centre and Thunderbird Elementary School. Vancouver police said in a news release Saturday that they were called to the scene just after 8 p.m. for reports that shots had been fired. Officers arrived to find 19-year-old Amar Najat Jalal in the middle of the intersection, suffering from gunshot wounds. Firefighters and paramedics attempted to revive him, but were unsuccessful, police said. Jalal was pronounced dead at the scene.