Pubdate: Sun, 03 Sep 2017
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
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Author: Nick Eagland
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THREE SHOOTINGS CLAIM FOUR LIVES

Double homicide in Langley follows 'brazen' killing in Abbotsford and
a targeted slaying in Surrey

Homicide investigators say they have no information to indicate a
double homicide Friday in Langley is linked to recent violence,
including two other targeted shootings in the Lower Mainland earlier
in the week.

Just after 5:30 a.m. on Friday, people called 911 to report hearing
shots at 232 Street and 64 Avenue in Langley. Police found a man and
woman suffering gunshot wounds, Cpl. Craig van Herk said in a news
release. Neither survived.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the
investigation, which spokesman Cpl. Frank Jang said appeared to be
targeted. IHIT said in a tweet Friday that it had no information to
indicate the Langley shooting was linked to other recent acts of violence.

In a separate shooting Thursday around 6 p.m., Abbotsford police
responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of
Huntingdon and Gladwin roads, where they found a man suffering gunshot
wounds in a parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

IHIT identified the victim Friday afternoon as 18-year-old Sehajdeep
Sidhu of Abbotsford. Jang said Sidhu had no criminal record but was
known to police.

His murder was believed to be targeted and linked to the current Lower
Mainland drug war.

Two other victims of the shooting are expected to survived, including
a 17-year-old associate of Sidhu's.

Investigators believe they have located a vehicle that fled the
Abbotsford scene - a black Nissan Pathfinder which was found in the
273 Street and 60th Avenue in nearby Langley about half an hour after
the shooting.

Jang described the Abbotsford shooting as "brazen," taking place
during supper time in a residential area and "showing a blatant
disregard for the safety of the public."

He expressed concern over the ages of the young men involved in recent
shootings.

"It's just a reminder that the people in that lifestyle, they are in
harm's way," Jang said. "They need to get out of that lifestyle.
Anyone associated to people in this conflict could be in danger."

Jang could not confirm whether the Abbotsford shooting was
drug-related or whether it was connected to the targeted-shooting
death of 18-year-old Jaspreet Sidhu on Aug. 4 at George Ferguson Way
and Oriole Crescent in Abbotsford.

The other fatal shooting last week was on Tuesday around 8:45 p.m. in
the 6300-block 166 Street in Surrey. RCMP found 22-year-old Pardeep
Singh of Surrey shot to death, the victim of a targeted murder. IHIT
said Singh was known to police and connected to gangs. He had been
shot and wounded in 2015. Police were looking for a light-coloured
minivan that fled the scene.

Jang said that despite the trio of new IHIT investigations this week,
his unit has sufficient resources to handle them.

IHIT asks anyone with information regarding the investigations to call
1-877-551-4448 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

- - With files from Kim Bolan and Harrison Mooney
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