One dead in Chilliwack targeted shooting; RCMP and IHIT investigating

A targeted shooting in Chilliwack has claimed the life of one man.

Chilliwack RCMP were called to the 43000-block of Progress Way after getting reports of a shooting. When officers arrived they found a male victim suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries.

The victim cannot be identified until his family has been notified by police.

The area surrounding the scene of the shooting will be closed off for an undetermined amount of time. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called in and will be working with Chilliwack RCMP.

There was heavy police presence Friday morning and yellow crime tape up at the scene.

The investigation is on-going and police will release information as more facts become known.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call IHIT or Crime Stoppers.

A caller to AM 730 traffic station said they were on Highway 1 and saw the smoke from the car fire. But he said they could see dogs and police with rifles as well.

“Just a big plume of black smoke, almost like there was rubber tires underneath the bridge,” witness Dan Hunter told AM 730. “Then several police cars came from both directions. Out of one of the police cars or two I think, they got out with rifles drawn and dogs and chased underneath the bridge. But we didn’t see what happened with all that. They didn’t come back up so I think they might have been chasing somebody.”