Pubdate: Tue, 13 Mar 2012
Source: Abbotsford Times (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 The Abbotsford Times
Contact:  http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1009
Author: Sam Cooper
Page: A3

FATAL SHOOTING TIED TO ALDERGROVE GROW-RIP

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 of 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 are still trying to locate the owner of the home and determine
who was occupying it when Kelly was shot.

Police 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.
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