Canadian police have recognized an Indo-Canadian because the sufferer of what it believes was a focused killing within the province of British Columbia.

Just after 5pm on Saturday, officers of the Burnaby detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP responded to a report of pictures fired and upon arriving on the scene, found a person in a parkade. He was discovered deceased. The investigation of the homicide was handed over to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team or IHIT. On Sunday, IHIT recognized the sufferer as 29-year-old Gagandeep Sandhu, a resident of Abbotsford.

A launch from the IHIT mentioned the identification of the sufferer was being launched within the hope of furthering their investigation. Sandhu had been gunned down whereas sitting in a automobile in an underground car parking zone. In their launch on Saturday, Burnaby RCMP famous they believed the capturing was “targeted” and there was no additional danger to the general public. This was confirmed by the IHIT a day later, as its assertion famous, “Initial evidence suggests this was a targeted shooting, though the motive remains unclear.”

About quarter-hour after the homicide was found, police have been additionally alerted to a report of a automobile burning about six kilometre away. Setting afire a automobile utilized in a criminal offense, specific a focused killing, has bene a part of the modus operandi of gangs working in what is named the decrease Mainland space of BC. However, investigators have but to verify whether or not Sandhu’s homicide was linked to the continued gang warfare within the area.

They additionally didn’t verify whether or not the killing and the burnt black Honda Pilot SUV have been linked. IHIT spokesperson Sgt Timothy Pierotti mentioned, in a press release, “IHIT is working closely with the RCMP’s forensic experts to process both scenes and to determine if they are related.”