- The video shows a man on foot opening fire on a driver who was apparently trying to exit a parking lot, leaving the truck riddled with bullets on the driver’s side.
- The shooting occurred around 12:25 a.m. PT Thursday in Metro Vancouver’s White Rock and left four men hospitalized in serious condition.
- The incident appears to be targeted, although authorities have not yet identified the suspects. A potentially suspicious vehicle was found engulfed in flames nearby
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Surveillance footage captured the moment a man armed with an automatic weapon unleashed a hail of bullets at a blacked-out BMW in suburban Vancouver.
The early morning shooting occurred around 12:25 a.m. PT Thursday in Metro Vancouver’s White Rock and left four men hospitalized in serious condition.
The video, obtained by Radio Punjab, offers a glimpse into the chaotic events that occurred when a gunman on foot opened fire on a driver apparently trying to exit a parking lot, leaving the SUV riddled with bullets on the driver’s side.
The incident appears to be targeted, although authorities have not yet identified the suspects, according to Constable Chantal Sears of the White Rock RCMP.
“There were definitely several rounds fired, but we don’t know if there was one shooter or multiple shooters at this time,” Sears said. CBC.
Several witnesses alerted authorities when they heard the sound of gunshots and a subsequent vehicle collision near the intersection of Roper Avenue and Lee Street.
Upon arriving at the scene, law enforcement found the four injured next to a black BMW SUV, riddled with bullets, which had crashed into a fence and a hedge.
Shortly after the shooting, a potentially suspicious vehicle was found engulfed in flames in neighboring Surrey, British Columbia; However, Sears noted that a definitive link has not yet been established.
All four injured victims are expected to survive, Sears told the outlet.
The early morning shooting occurred around 12:25 a.m. PT Thursday in Metro Vancouver’s White Rock and left four men hospitalized in serious condition.
Shortly after the shooting, a potentially suspicious vehicle was found engulfed in flames in neighboring Surrey, British Columbia.
Several police agencies are assisting in the ongoing investigation, including White Rock RCMP, Lower Mainland District Integrated Police Dog Services, Integrated Forensic Identification Services, Surrey RCMP and the Surrey Police Service.
This comes as British Columbia authorities announced the dismantling of a major criminal organization involved in the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit pharmaceutical products containing fentanyl, in a separate development.
Eight men with ties to organized crime were arrested in metropolitan Vancouver communities such as Surrey, Richmond and Delta, one of whom was later linked to a gang-related murder plot.
Last year, the province of British Columbia, which includes Vancouver, announced the start of a three-year experiment to decriminalize all hard drugs.
Last year, the province of British Columbia, which includes Vancouver, announced the start of a three-year experiment to decriminalize all hard drugs. (Pictured: Doctors treat an overdose victim in Vancouver in May 2022)
Health officials have said they aimed to break down the “barriers and stigma” of drug addiction and reduce the growing number of fatal overdoses by ensuring drug users can access safely manufactured “pure” supplies. by pharmaceutical companies.
About 14,000 people have died from fatal overdoses in British Columbia (currently an average of five a day) since the province, which has a population of 5.3 million, declared a public health emergency in 2016.
In 2021, fentanyl, which traffickers mix with other drugs because it is cheap and incredibly strong, was involved in 87 percent of these deaths. In Vancouver alone, at least 2,200 addicts live in tents.