Overview

• The stabbing occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of West 16th Avenue and Wallace Street in West Point Grey when two teens who knew each other fought.
• The 16-year-old victim sustained multiple stab wounds and remains hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
• Vancouver Police Department officers arrested the suspect at his home shortly after the stabbing.
• Under juvenile justice protocols, the accused was released into his parents’ custody pending an August 21 court appearance.
• Investigators say the violence stemmed from a personal dispute rather than a random attack.