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Shooting at a Burnaby Hotel "Executive"

METRO VANCOUVER -- A shooting in Burnaby has left a hotel cordoned off and, according to initial reports, at least one person is dead.

Witnesses say they heard several gunshots and can see shattered glass around the front entrance of the Executive Hotel and Conference Centre on the Lougheed Highway.

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Around noon on Monday, Chris Hashimoto was just getting out of bed at his condo on Halifax Street, adjacent to the hotel, when he heard the sound of gunshots.

"I thought it was construction happening across the street. It sounded like heavy machinery the first couple of times, and after the few shots, the rapid succession, I thought no - that sounded like gunfire," he said from his balcony overlooking the scene.

He said police cruisers, a fire truck and two ambulances were visible, as well as shattered glass surrounding the front entrance of the hotel.

RCMP Sgt. Jennifer Pound, spokeswoman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, confirmed she was heading to the scene but the number of victims or suspects was not immediately known.


Read more: Homicide team called out to Burnaby hotel shooting

update: 2 confirmed dead