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Vancouver Police Charge Victor Sorensen-Avila With Aggravated Assault

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC · How we work

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Vancouver Police Department charged Victor Sorensen-Avila with aggravated assault after the Mount Pleasant shooting.
The shooting occurred on Sept. 6 shortly after 7 a.m. at H&Z Market near Main Street and 16th Avenue.
A man was shot in the leg and taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Detectives identified Sorensen-Avila using CCTV footage from the store.
Kamloops RCMP arrested him later that day on an unrelated matter.

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Vancouver Police Department charged Victor Sorensen-Avila with aggravated assault after the Mount Pleasant shooting.
The shooting occurred on Sept. 6 shortly after 7 a.m. at H&Z Market near Main Street and 16th Avenue.
A man was shot in the leg and taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Detectives identified Sorensen-Avila using CCTV footage from the store.
Kamloops RCMP arrested him later that day on an unrelated matter.