The victim of a targeted shooting in Chilliwack on July 21 has been identified as 33-year-old Yee Hung Chin.
According to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), Chin had recently moved to Chilliwack and was known to police.
Chilliwack RCMP were called to the 43000-block of Progress Way after getting reports of a shooting on July 21. When officers arrived they found a male victim suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries.
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Police outlined the timeline as:
- 8:05 a.m. the shooting happens
- 9:02 a.m. the suspect Dodge Caravan was believed to be set on fire
- Two vehicles flee in tandem from the site of the burning van
Video footage shows two vehicles – a white sedan and a dark sedan – fleeing the scene of the burning Dodge Caravan.
Investigators determined Chin’s death was targeted and IHIT was called in to lead the investigation.
IHIT is looking for the public’s help in a search for witnesses who may have seen the shooting; the suspect car being set on fire or the suspects fleeing the scene of the car fire.
IHIT said the motive for the homicide is currently unknown but the investigation has shown Chin’s murder was not random.
Chin was well-known to Calgary police. The 33-year-old was one of the leaders of the FOB — the “Fresh of the Boat” gang — and rival to the FK — the “Fresh Off the Boat Killers.”
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The two gangs are linked to more than two dozen murders in the city, the biggest gang war in Calgary’s history.
Chin has a history of weapons and drug offences.
His brother Roger was gunned down and killed in July 2008.
Anyone with information is asked to contact IHIT or Crime Stoppers.
– With files from Nancy Hixt, Nadia Stewart and Jon Azpiri
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