Person killed in shooting in Mission, B.C.

A person has died after a shooting in Mission, B.C., on Monday.

Mounties, firefighters and paramedics found the injured victim near Laminman Avenue and Cedar Street after 5 p.m.

The 45-year-old was airlifted to hospital as RCMP roped off the area to traffic, but succumbed to injuries around 2 a.m., homicide investigators confirmed on Tuesday.

Shortly after receiving calls about the shooting, Mounties were notified about a vehicle on fire near Doyle Street and Richards Avenue.

Police are now investigating whether the two incidents are related.

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“The shooting appears to have been targeted and Mission RCMP do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the public,” RCMP wrote in a Monday news release.

“The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time pending notification of family.”

The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is now working with Mission RCMP, the BC Coroners Service, the Integrated Forensic Identification Unit, and the Combined Special Enforcement Unit of BC.

Anyone with information, dashcam footage or surveillance tape from Laminman Avenue, Doyle Street and Richards Avenue between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. is asked to call IHIT at 1-877-551-4448 or email ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.