Police have identified the two men who were shot and killed in Langley, British Columbia, during a series of attacks early Monday that left two people injured and the suspect dead.
A statement Thursday identified the deceased victims as Paul David Wynn, 60, and Stephen Furness, 43.
Wynn was shot outside the Creek Stone Place apartment complex on 201st Street around 3 a.m. PT, the second of four people to be shot over the course of several hours.
Furness was killed near the Langley City bus stop at Logan Avenue and Glover Road just after 5 a.m
The families of both men released brief statements Thursday.
Wynne’s family said “Paul was a symbol of the family” and “worked so hard for everything he had”, while those close to Furness said they hoped his death would shine a spotlight on the plight of the homeless and vulnerable in society .
The suspect in the shootings, which prompted a series of direct-to-cell phone emergency alerts Monday, was later shot and killed by police at 200 Street and the Langley Beltway near Willowbrook Mall.
A bicycle at the scene of a shooting at Willowbrook Mall, in the 200 block near the Langley Bypass, Monday morning. The suspect believed to be responsible for shooting four people, two fatally, was shot by police near the mall on Monday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
The injured survivors are still in hospital
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said the two surviving victims remained in hospital as of Thursday.
A 26-year-old woman was critically injured when she was shot at Cascades Casino, at Fraser Highway and 203A Street, around 12:01 a.m. Police confirmed the woman was homeless.
Another man, also 26, was found with a gunshot wound to his leg near Willowbrook Mall at 5:45 a.m. — about the same time and place police killed the suspect, ending the violence after about six hours.
The suspect has since been identified as Jordan Daniel Goggin, 28. Police said Goggin, who lives in Surrey, was known to police after having “non-criminal contact” with officers.
Investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
British Columbia’s Office of Independent Investigations, which looks into police-involved incidents that result in serious injury or death, is also investigating the shootings, as the suspect was killed.
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