vancouver rundown for thursday may 22nd 2025
a suspect is in custody after two israeli embassy
staff members were shot dead in washington dc
wednesday night 30 year old elias rodriguez of
chicago turned himself over to security and police
after the deadly shooting outside an event at
the capital jewish museum witnesses say he shouted
free palestine after being arrested Police also
say he told them where his gun was stashed. The
shooting has been condemned as a terrorist attack
and targeted hate crime by numerous Jewish leaders.
Other news, Vancouver police say a restorative
justice circle was used after anti -Semitic remarks
were directed at Jewish elementary students from
those the same age at a neighboring public school.
The remarks were made to grade 6 students last
month during the lunch hour next to Vancouver
Tomotora. Police say the slurs came from those
at Emily Carr Elementary. Those with Tomotora
say they are satisfied the matter has been dealt
with appropriately. One person has been arrested
after heavily armed officers surrounded a home
in Tawasin late Wednesday afternoon. Those living
along Gilchrist Drive were kept away from their
homes. as police spent several hours trying to
coax a person holed up inside the house. There
is no word on charges. A hit -and -run driver
has been charged close to nine months after a
Langley RCMP officer was injured. Charges of
criminal negligence causing bodily harm, dangerous
driving, and failing to stop stem from a crash
that occurred on 208th Street near 50A Avenue
on August 9th. RCMP say the incident has had
a profound impact on the officer, who is still
in the process of recovering. A mix of sun and
cloud in the forecast for Thursday, with the
chance of showers, cloudy and a few sunny breaks
on Friday, sunshine for Saturday. For all the
details on these local Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown
.substack .com.