National

Surrey Shooting That Killed One, Injured Another Likely Targeted: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Nov, 2015 12:33 PM

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators say one man is dead and another is recovering in hospital after a shooting in Surrey.

Sgt. Stephanie Ashton of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Surrey RCMP responded to reports of gunshots just after midnight Saturday.

She says patrol officers found two men with gunshot wounds in a vehicle (in the area of 152nd Street and 66th Avenue).

.@SurreyRCMP confirm 2 men were shot in a car in the 150000-block of 66a Ave.1 victim dead, 1 expected to survive. pic.twitter.com/in2gynpZJM
— Rafferty Baker (@raffertybaker) November 21, 2015

One man was unresponsive and died despite the efforts of paramedics, and the other is in hospital being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Ashton says public safety is of paramount concern while IHIT investigators, Surrey RCMP and other Lower Mainland units work to determine the circumstances that led up to the shooting.

She says investigators believe the shooting was targeted although there's no indication it's connected to any other investigation in the Surrey area.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

B.C. Mom Asks Court To Change Terms Of Government-Led Review Of Child Abuse Case

A judge should fix a "one-sided, less-than-objective" government review into the case of British Columbia social workers who granted unsupervised visits to a father who had sexually abused his four children, says a lawyer for their mother.

B.C. Mom Asks Court To Change Terms Of Government-Led Review Of Child Abuse Case

Premier Christy Clark Delivers Order To Save Emails After Blistering Privacy Report

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark ordered her cabinet ministers and all political staff Friday to save their emails after a stinging report criticized the government's access to information practices.

Premier Christy Clark Delivers Order To Save Emails After Blistering Privacy Report

Liberals Spent More Than $40 Million But Nowhere Near Max, Or Conservatives, To Win Election

Liberal national director Jeremy Broadhurst estimates that the final bill will tally a little more than $40 million.

Liberals Spent More Than $40 Million But Nowhere Near Max, Or Conservatives, To Win Election

Germany Welcomes Justin Trudeau Participation On Climate Change, Diplomacy

OTTAWA — Germany hopes that the advent of a Trudeau Liberal government means Canada will play a more positive role at the upcoming Paris climate summit.

Germany Welcomes Justin Trudeau Participation On Climate Change, Diplomacy

Travel Advisory Issued For Mexico As Major Hurricane Approaches

Canada's foreign affairs department was urging the nearly 2,000 Canadians believed to be in parts of Mexico possibly in the path of a major hurricane to seek shelter and move to safety if they can.

Travel Advisory Issued For Mexico As Major Hurricane Approaches

Gordon Lightfoot Statue Unveiled In His Hometown Of Orillia, Ont.

On a crisp autumn day with his hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" playing in the background, a humble Gordon Lightfoot reflected on his roots in Orillia, Ont., as a lakefront sculpture of the singer-songwriter was unveiled before hundreds of fans.