Drive-by shooting targets cocktail bar in Vancouver's Yaletown

A pierced, cracked windowpane at Isabelle's, a cocktail bar in Yaletown. A number of other small puncture marks were visible on the building's facade.  (Nick Allan/CBC - image credit)
A pierced, cracked windowpane at Isabelle's, a cocktail bar in Yaletown. A number of other small puncture marks were visible on the building's facade. (Nick Allan/CBC - image credit)

Police say there are no known injuries after a Yaletown business was peppered in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning.

Police aren't naming the business, but a spokesperson for Isabelle's, a cocktail bar on Hamilton Street, confirmed the front of their establishment was struck by bullets.

A VPD cruiser was seen in the afternoon parked in front of Isabelle's. A closer inspection of the bar's exterior reveals small holes puncturing a plastic patio enclosure, an awning and a cracked windowpane. A number of the holes are marked with stickers bearing ruler-like markings or handwritten letters.

Police say the shooting took place just after 8 a.m. when the business was closed.

A police cruiser was seen outside the bar Wednesday afternoon.
A police cruiser was seen outside the bar Wednesday afternoon.

A police cruiser was seen outside the bar Wednesday afternoon. (Nick Allan/CBC)

Police said the suspect or suspects are unknown, as is any motive.

"The investigation remains ongoing," a police spokesperson said.

A puncture mark seen on a plastic patio enclosure at Isabelle's in Yaletown.
A puncture mark seen on a plastic patio enclosure at Isabelle's in Yaletown.

A puncture mark seen on a plastic patio enclosure at Isabelle's in Yaletown. (Nick Allan/CBC)

A spokesperson for the company that owns the bar said ownership only found out about the shooting hours after it happened.

He said they don't have much information but are co-operating with the investigation.

A number of white stickers are pasted next to piercings in the patio enclosure.
A number of white stickers are pasted next to piercings in the patio enclosure.

A number of white stickers are pasted next to piercings in the patio enclosure. (Nick Allan/CBC)