Homicide investigators have now identified the victim of a fatal shooting that happened on Saturday in the Township of Langley.
Around 6 p.m. on Sept. 21, RCMP were called to 196 Street and 84 Avenue after reports of shots fired.
Officers found one man dead and a second victim a few blocks over, at 208 Street and 78 Avenue, along with an SUV with its windows shattered.
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On Monday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) identified the deceased victim as 38-year-old Johnathan Hebrada-Walters, from Edmonton, Alta.
They say Hebrada-Walters is known to police and “initial information indicates that this shooting was a targeted event, linked to the ongoing B.C. gang conflict.”
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“The surviving victim, whose name is not being released, was also known to police,” IHIT added.
“We are in contact with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CFSEU-BC) as well as policing partners in Alberta to determine how these victims are linked to one another,” Staff Sgt. David Lee with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a statement.
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