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Surrey home perforated with bullets in overnight shooting

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Bullet holes left in Surrey home following overnight shooting
WATCH: Surrey police are investigating an overnight shooting in the Newton area after a local came home to find bullet holes in the side of their house. Investigators don't think it has anything to do with gangs or organized crime.

Police are investigating after someone opened fire at a Surrey, B.C., home overnight.

In a media release, Surrey police said the resident of a home on 128 Street near 71st Avenue arrived home around 1 a.m. on Monday to find bullet holes in the house.

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Police believe the shots were fired between 10 p.m. on Sunday and 1 a.m. on Monday. No one was home at the time.

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“The house is not known (to police), and we currently are working on a motive,” Surrey police spokesperson S/Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said.

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“It doesn’t, at this time, appear to have any connection to gang or organized crime activity … the individuals in the home aren’t known to police.”

Houghton said police are still investigating whether the shooting was targeted or was a case of mistaken identity.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 604-599-0502.

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