Teen arrested in fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing of 15-year-old boy

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VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend.

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VANCOUVER – Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend.

Vancouver police say in a release that the suspect was arrested late Monday after surrendering to a patrol officer. 

Police say the suspect is a Surrey, B.C., resident and remains in custody, but charges have not been laid in the case and no further information on the arrested person was provided.

A Vancouver Police Department (VPD) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A Vancouver Police Department (VPD) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

The arrest comes after the boy was stabbed to death at around 11:40 p.m. Saturday just as tens of thousands of people were in the city for the Celebration of Light fireworks display. 

Police have said the stabbing is being investigated as a murder, and the victim was also from Surrey.

Sgt. Steve Addison said previously that investigators believed there was a violent altercation near the Vancouver Law Courts at Smithe and Hornby streets, and a passerby found the injured boy who died in hospital early Sunday. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 22, 2025.

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