A woman has died after a shooting in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday night.
RCMP say a woman was rushed to hospital after suffering a gunshot wound just before 9 p.m. near 96 Avenue and 161A Street.
On Wednesday morning, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed the woman died.
A man in his 20s was taken into custody near the scene. IHIT said the suspect is “well known to police.”
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The 20-year-old victim was not known to police.
Investigators are trying to determine how the pair knew each other.
“Yes, he does have ties to gangsterism and gangs, but we don’t believe the actual homicide was gang-motivated,” Sgt. Frank Jang with IHIT said of the suspect. “I want to be clear about that.”
On Thursday, 24-year-old Ali Khudhair was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
The victim was also identified as 20-year-old Keryane Arsenault.
No other details about how the pair knew each other have been released at this time.
This is the fifth shooting in Metro Vancouver in less than a week. A 19-year-old was shot and killed in Surrey on Friday afternoon. On Saturday, a provincial corrections officer was fatally shot in nearby Delta.
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