Homicide investigation launched after early morning shooting

Vancouver police say they are investigating an overnight shooting in the Hearthwood neighborhood as a homicide.

Police were called about 4 a.m. to a home in the 14800 block of Northeast Fifth Street, according to a news release.

The arrived to find an adult male dead of a gunshot wound. Another man, TJ Patrick Ferres, 55, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of second-degree murder and booked into the Clark County Jail.

There was no word on whether the shooting was intentional or accidental. Police said the men knew each other.

Detectives are in the process of interviewing witnesses and processing the crime scene. The name of the dead man will be released after next of kin are all notified.

It was the second Sunday in a row that there has been a homicide in east Vancouver. Last Sunday, police and firefighters spent the day at Sifton Market, where a clerk was killed. A suspect, Mitchell Heng, is in custody on suspicion of murder, arson and robbery in that case.