RCMP in Langley, B.C., say a shooting at a home on Thursday morning is believed to be extortion-related.
RCMP said officers were called at approximately 5:17 a.m. to the 6900 block of 232 Street in Langley after receiving reports of shots fired.
“Based on initial information, we believe this incident is extortion-related, investigators are liaising with partner agencies and working to determine possible linkages to other investigations,” Sgt. Zynal Sharoom of the Langley RCMP said in a statement.
“Thankfully, there were no reported injuries as a result of this shooting.”
Investigators also believe that the suspects in this shooting arrived in a dark-coloured sedan and fled the area immediately after.
One of the two houses on the targeted property is owned by the same family that owns the trucking company, Chohan Freight Forwarders, which is the company involved in a lawsuit with the B.C. government after its drivers were involved in multiple overpass or bridge strikes in the Lower Mainland.
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It is not clear if this company has been targeted or what a possible motive for this shooting might have been.
“At this point in time, due to privacy, we’re not going to be naming anyone at this point, and we’re trying to determine if there’s any linkages to the overpass strikes at this point,” Sharoom told Global News.
“But however, we believe that this is related to extortions.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 and quote file number 2026-722.
On Jan. 7, shots were fired at a home in Delta in what is believed to be an extortion-related shooting.
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