Pubdate: Sun, 11 Mar 2012
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Postmedia Network Inc.
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Author: Sam Cooper

MAN'S SHOOTING DEATH LINKED TO LANGLEY GROW-OP

What looks like a botched marijuana grow-op theft in Langley came to 
a bloody end when a 25-year-old man was shot dead Friday night.

RCMP Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the Integrated Homicide Investigation 
Team said police were called to a shooting near 16th Avenue and 272nd 
Street in the Aldergrove area at about 9:30 p.m.

As a squad car approached the scene, officers were flagged down by 
two men. The men led police to a nearby vehicle, where officers found 
a gunshot victim lifeless and bloodied, in the back seat.

Korey Kelly had been shot multiple times, police say, after a group 
tried to break into a marijuana grow operation in a home in the 
900-block 272nd Street. Kelly, who has a "minimal" police record in 
Ontario, was taken by ambulance to hospital and pronounced dead.

Pound said it's not clear yet whether shots were exchanged, nor 
whether Kelly was the only one hit.

Police, still trying to locate the owner of the home and determine 
who was occupying it when Kelly was shot, believe the shooting is 
connected to drugs and crime, but there is no indication of organized 
gang activity. "The risk these grow operations pose is heightened 
criminal activity in the area, and neighbours are put at risk," Pound said.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact IHIT'S tip line 
at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at  .
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