The most recent incident occurred around 11:30 pm on Friday in Surrey. The RCMP responded to gunshots in the area of 133rd Street and Main Avenue in the Whalley neighborhood. A man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It is the third shooting in the city in so many days and Mounties confirms that it is related to the ongoing gang clash in the area. Meanwhile, the Integrated Murder Investigation Team (IHIT) is investigating a suspected death near 64th Avenue and 130th Street. Police were called to the area around 8 a.m. Friday after reports of a man sleeping in an alley. Mountis discovered that the man was dead. IHIT says it is too early to say whether the deaths were targeted or gang-related. IHIT is also working on an archive in Langley, where a man died in a hotel room. Police were called to the Langley Highway Hotel near 204th Street and 88th Avenue around 9pm on Friday. They found a man seriously injured. Despite the efforts of paramedics to treat him, the man died on the spot. IHIT did not confirm how the man was killed, but said it did not appear to be related to the gang clash. “Our IHIT investigators have been quite busy for the last 24 hours,” said IHIT Cpl detective. Sukhi Dhesi. “We want to reassure the public that we have sufficient resources, we are collaborating with collaborating services and we are dedicating researchers to proceed with both of these investigations.” In Port Moody, residents of a typically quiet neighborhood saw an unusual sight on Friday afternoon after a car caught fire. The fire then set off a series of explosions, which hit the area near Albert and Hope streets. “We had people coming from another block away saying they heard and felt the explosions as well,” said Grant Suthaniel, who witnessed the blasts. The flames were extinguished by the fire brigade, but not before the residents tried to extinguish them. While doing so, one of the residents was seriously injured by an explosion. “This man was an innocent passerby who had nothing to do with the car fire,” Const said. Sam Zacharias of the Port Moody Police Department. “He was seriously injured and taken to hospital and remains in stable condition.” Police have not confirmed the victim, but neighbors and a colleague say he is a member of the Vancouver Fire Department (VFRS) who lives in the area and was off duty at the time. The VFRS did not confirm or deny the allegation when asked. Police believe the burnt vehicle was linked to a targeted shooting outside a home in Chickadee Place near Tanger Court in Coquitlam. On Friday afternoon, a police film surrounded the front yard of a house and several bullet holes could be seen in the garage door. A man was injured in the shooting. His injuries are not life threatening. In December, the same block in the Westwood Plateau neighborhood was the scene of another shooting that left a man injured. His nine-year-old son was at the scene, but survived. Police say both shootings were linked to gangs. The Mounties posted pictures of a black Hyundai Sante Fe SUV with the FL335K license plate. They believe the vehicle is linked to the shooting. Anyone who identifies the vehicle should contact Coquitlam RCMP.
