SURRY, British Columbia –
Homicide investigators believe a fatal shooting was targeted during the day outside a hotel in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday.
Video taken by a cell phone at the scene shows the body of a man sprawled on the concrete in the hotel parking lot. A witness said paramedics tried to save the victim, but he did not survive.
Bullets started flying around 5 p.m. at the Days Inn Hotel on King George Boulevard. A witness working nearby heard the sound of four or five gunshots.
“I heard them and then there were voices screaming, so I immediately called the police,” said Simran Kaur.
Another witness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he also heard gunfire.
“The police came and I went to see what happened and there was a corpse, like a dead man,” the witness said.
Kaur said it was frightening to find out that someone had been shot and killed.
A suspicious vehicle, described as an older model four-door silver Infiniti sedan, was seen fleeing the area. Police are trying to determine if a burned-out vehicle found a short time later near 96 Avenue and 124 Street is related to the shooting.
The shooting and subsequent car fire have all the hallmarks of a gang hit, but police have not yet confirmed whether they are connected to the ongoing gang conflict in the Lower Mainland. Surrey RCMP said initial indications are that the shooting was targeted.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case but did not return requests from CTV News for more information about the killing.
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