UPDATE: Victim found shot to death in a vehicle last week in Newton has been identified as 29 year old Lisa Ellie Marie Baines.
Update from #SurreyBC: victim found shot to death in a vehicle last week in Newton has been identified as 29yo Lisa Ellie Marie Baines. Media availability this morning at 10am at #IHIT. pic.twitter.com/Otxn6xqOE4
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) December 10, 2020
Lisa Ellie Marie Baines, 29, was found shot to death in a car in an alley on 75A Avenue on December 3rd.
Later in the day, police said they were also investigating a burned vehicle they believed was involved in the crime.
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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 30-year-old woman in Surrey, B.C.
Police say officers responded to what they were told was a single-vehicle crash in an alleyway on Thursday morning.
Instead, police found a woman with an apparent gunshot wound.
Despite the efforts of first responders, police say in a statement the woman died of her injuries.
#IHIT is in the area of 137 St and 75A Ave in #SurreyBC for a new homicide. This morning around 5:30am, police found a woman with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. Investigation is underway. pic.twitter.com/KCAWjSGvuf
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) December 3, 2020
RCMP say they've since learned that a second vehicle was involved and the shooting doesn't appear to have been random.
Police say the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in to help with the case.
