Police say several men with gang connections were involved in a late-night shooting Monday in Surrey, just two days after a prominent gangster was killed in Kelowna.
RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen said one man sustained minor injuries after an unknown man fired several shots inside an SUV around 10:30 p.m. in the Guilford area of Surrey, outside Vancouver.
“At this point, our victim and his associates are uncooperative and, based on their identity and our intelligence on their background, they are known to have gang affiliations,” said Thiessen, adding this was a targeted attack.
The suspect fled in an unknown vehicle and no arrests have been made.
“We have no reason to believe this is any way related to the Kelowna incident that happened two days ago, but we’re certainly looking at that, but nothing that indicates that’s the case here,” said Thiessen.
Jonathan Bacon, who was known to be the boss of the Red Scorpions gang, was gunned down in a brazen shooting at Delta Grand Okanagan Resort on Sunday. Hells Angel Larry Amero and Independent Soldier James Riach were also wounded.
“We’re well aware of the public sensitivity of what has occurred in the last number of days in regards to these open-air shootings and we understand the public’s concern, but we’re doing everything we can to try to gain enough information to stay ahead of these shootings,” said Thiessen, who said he fears there could be more shootings but that he hopes “that will not be the case.”
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