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A second-degree murder charge has been approved against a 24-year-old Surrey man in the fatal shooting Tuesday of a young woman.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Thursday that Ali Khudhair has been charged in connection with the murder of Keryane Arsenault, 20.
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Arsenault was found critically injured about 9 p.m. on May 4 at her residence in the 9700-block of 161A Street in Surrey.
She later died of her injuries in hospital.
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A shooting outside Langley’s Willowbrook Mall on Monday has sent one man to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries.
Police were called just after 3:30 p.m. to the scene, where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds on the north side of the mall outside the Toys ‘R’ Us store.
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Video footage online appears to show a black SUV cordoned off by police in the parking lot. Witnesses have said online they heard multiple shots fired.
Youth gang prevention key to stopping Metro Vancouver violence: expert
Last Updated May 2, 2021 at 5:05 pm PDT
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The founder of an organization works on preventing gang involvement, says recent killings follow a familiar pattern
Kal Dosanjh says prevention is key, collaboriation across jurisdictions and sectors is key
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) A spate of daylight, gang-related shootings on the Lower Mainland have highlighted how urgent it is to prevent young people from being lured into the lifestyle, according to the founder of the KidsPlay Foundation.
Kal Dosanjh, a former law enforcement officer whose organization works on preventing gang involvement, says recent killings in the region follow a familiar pattern.
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Police are calling it a targeted shooting and an isolated incident.
“At this time, we do not believe there is an ongoing risk to public safety,” said Cunningham, adding there is no evidence to suggest the shooting was linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
RCMP on the scene of an early morning shooting in the 3700 block of Dubois St. in Burnaby on May 2, 2021.It’s the latest in a string of targeted shootings that have bloodied the streets of Metro Vancouver in recent weeks.
On Saturday afternoon, a man was shot to death in the parking lot of a crowded shopping plaza along the Surrey/Delta border. A Mazda SUV, the suspected shooter’s getaway vehicle, was later found burning in Burnaby.
Canadian MMA fighter killed in suspected gangland hit, cops fear retaliation
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Last week Todd Gouwenberg, 46, was shot and killed outside of the Langley Sportsplex in Langley, British Columbia. According to the
Vancouver Sun Gouwenberg, an MMA veteran, had ‘lengthy ties’ to gangs in the Lower Mainland area of BC.
The
Sun reports that Gouwenberg’s first known interaction with criminal gangs was a decade ago when he was assaulted by a group of men belonging to the Red Scorpions gang.
The Red Scorpions were founded in BC in the early 2000s and have since been linked to some of the bloodiest bouts of gang violence in the province. The gang is thought to be responsible for the 2007 condo suite massacre known as The Surrey Six Murders.