Homicide investigators have identified a suspect vehicle related to what’s being described as a gangland slaying in Richmond, B.C., last week.
Ravinder Samra, 36, was shot dead around 5:45 p.m. on July 27 in the 8000-block of Minler Road. Police found a torched vehicle a few blocks away shortly afterward.
On Tuesday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released photos of a black 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe that was parked on the 8100-block of Minler Road in the hours leading up to the killing.
“Investigators have learned that multiple pedestrians were walking on Minler Road in the time leading up to the homicide,” IHIT Sgt. Timothy Pierotti said in a media release.
“We’re asking anyone who was walking on Minler Road on the afternoon of July 27, 2023, who has yet to speak with police, to contact IHIT immediately.”
Samra was the subject of two public warnings from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia in the years before his death as someone who posed “a significant threat” to the public due to their involvement in the ongoing gang conflict.
He survived an allegedly gang-related shooting in 2015, and his bother Amanpreet Samra was gunned down in South Vancouver earlier this year.
Police are asking any witnesses or anyone with video recorded on Minler Road on July 27 between 12 p.m., and 6 p.m. or in the area of the 12000-block of Blundell Road from July 27, 2023 between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., to contact the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
Editor’s note: This is a corrected story. A previous version incorrectly identified the locations for which police are looking for information.