The Integrated Murder Investigation Team is investigating the death of a man at the Highway Hotel near 20400 Block 88 in Langley around 8:50 p.m. Friday. Photo by Shane Mackichan / PNG / PNG
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It was a busy Friday night for crime detectives on the Vancouver Underground after a man was killed in an apparent homicide in Langley and another was injured in a shooting in Surrey.
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Police overnight incidents followed another shooting at Coquitlam on Friday afternoon. Just before 9 p.m., the Langley RCMP was called to the Highway Hotel near the 20400-block of 88th Ave in Langley to watch an unconscious man. The RCMP found a man in medical condition who was suffering from life-threatening injuries. He died while being treated by paramedics, according to the RCMP. The Langley RCMP suspected that he had committed a foul and summoned the Integrated Murder Investigation Team and the medical examiner. Langley Mountis did not say how the man died. Ask anyone with information to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or email [email protected] An hour and a half later, the Surrey RCMP were called in for a targeted shot in the Whalley neighborhood. The call for a possible shooting in the area of Central Avenue 13303 came at 23:30, according to the RCMP.
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The Surrey RCMP is investigating a shooting that occurred around 11:30 pm Friday night near Central Avenue 13303 in Whalley. Photo by Shane Mackichan / PNG / PNG Surrey gang enforcement team went to the area and found evidence of gunfire. A short time later, a man arrived at a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Surrey RCMP General Investigation Unit is now in charge. Police are in the area collecting evidence, including CCTV footage. Sorry, but this video failed to load. It is believed that this is a targeted shooting related to an ongoing gang clash in the Lower Mainland. Anyone with information about this incident should contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca. The shooting in Surrey follows another shot linked to the drug trade on Friday afternoon in Coquitlam. In this targeted attack, a man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at around 3:30 p.m. at the 1600-block of Chickadee Place.
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A short time later, a vehicle fire believed to be linked to the shooting was reported at 2200 Hope Street in Port Moody’s. It is not yet known if the two shootings were linked, but researchers say both the shootings in Surrey and Coquitlam are linked to gang violence in the Lower Continent. On Saturday afternoon, the representative of IHIT Det. Cpl. Sukhi Dhesi said they still could not confirm whether Langley’s murder was linked to gang violence. Meanwhile, a homicide in Surrey’s Newton neighborhood on Friday morning is not believed to be linked to gang trafficking, though police still have no motive or suspect in the case. Dhesi said there had been a marked increase in violence in the Lower Continent, with IHIT investigating three homicides in four days. [email protected]
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