Man Charged with 2nd-Degree Murder in 2025 Vancouver Homicide
Police say the death was Vancouver’s 25th homicide of 2025, and James Christopher Holmgren remains in custody on second-degree murder charges.
- On Tuesday, Vancouver Police Department detectives arrested 35-year-old James Christopher Holmgren and charged him with second-degree murder for a fatal stabbing in downtown Vancouver.
- Police responded to reports of a man suffering a stab wound on Granville Street near Helmcken on November 17, 2025, where the victim was found without identification.
- Investigators later identified the victim as 20-year-old Aymen Al-Hafidh, who was transported to hospital and pronounced deceased shortly after the stabbing.
- James Holmgren remains in custody following Crown counsel's second-degree murder charges filed nine months after the November 2025 stabbing.
- The death of Al-Hafidh marked the city's 25th homicide in 2025, according to police records maintained at the time of the investigation.
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Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in 2025 Vancouver homicide
A man has been charged with second-degree murder nine months after a fatal stabbing in Vancouver. James Christopher Holmgren, 35, was arrested Tuesday (Aug. 18) by Vancouver homicide detectives, Vancouver Police Department announced Wednesday. He was charged by Crown counsel with second-degree murder. Vancouver police were called to the area of Granville and Helmcken streets on Nov. 17, 2025 for reports of a man suffering from a stab wound. The …
Second-degree murder charge laid in Granville Street homicide
Indo-Canadian Voice Second-degree murder charge laid in Granville Street homicide posted by: Rattan MallVancouver Police have made an arrest after Crown counsel approved a second-degree murder charge in connection with a homicide on Granville Street late last year. James Christopher Holmgren, 35, was arrested on Tuesday by Vancouver Police Homicide Unit detectives. On November 17, 2025, the VPD was called to the area of Granville Street and Helm…
Man charged in connection with fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing last year
A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a homicide in downtown Vancouver last year, police say. On Nov. 17, 2025, the VPD responded to reports of a man suffering from a stab wound on Granville Street near Helmcken. The victim, who did not have any identification on him at the time, […]
Arrest after second-degree murder charge laid in Granville Street homicide - Vancouver Police Department
Vancouver- Vancouver Police have made an arrest after Crown counsel approved a second-degree murder charge in connection with a homicide on Granville Street late last year. James Christopher Holmgren, 35, was arrested yesterday by Vancouver Police Homicide Unit detectives. On November 17, 2025, the VPD was called to the area of Granville Street and Helmcken Street following reports of a man suffering from a stab wound. The victim, Aymen Al-Hafid…
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