Surrey RCMP said an innocent bystander was hit by a bullet in the 7770-block of 147A Street after two parties targeted each other in separate vehicles.
The shooting took place in a residential area at around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Mounties said in a news release.
The female bystander, a visitor from Ontario, was sitting in the passenger seat of a parked van when she was grazed in the shoulder by a bullet.
“However minor the injury may be, I can assure you that she was incredibly frightened and is sore today,” Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said Monday.
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Police believe the intended victims drove away in a black Hyundai that was last seen with a bumper that had fallen off its front side.
The suspects in the shooting were witnessed taking off in a red pickup truck.
Officers later received reports of a pickup that was on fire in the 9000-block of 150 Street, and witnesses saw two men fleeing.
Police believe that the shooting was a “targeted event between two parties that are known to each other in some manner.”
Investigators canvassed the area looking for evidence.
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“We have spoken numerous times about an incident like this and now in this incident they were closer than ever to a catastrophe,” Staff Sgt. Dale Carr said in a news release.
“I have said in the past that the same small group of people consistently place a stain on this great city and endanger its precious citizens.”
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Surrey RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance, and for any witnesses to contact them with information.
-With files from Jon Azpiri and John Hua
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