Vancouver police have made an arrest in last weekend’s fatal shooting of 69-year-old Zenen Cepeda Silva.
Just before midnight on Saturday, police responded to a 911 call about a shooting on Fraser Street near East 51st Avenue. Officers arrived at a home to find Cepeda Silva suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Handcuffs/Shutterstock
Vancouver police Tuesday afternoon announced that officers had arrested Alvaro Julio Roche-Garcia, 58. He has been charged with first-degree murder and remains in custody.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call homicide detectives at 604-717-2500 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
This is Vancouver’s second homicide of the year.
