One man is dead after a shooting in a residential neighbourhood of Surrey on Thursday night (June 26) in what appears to be a targeted attack.
Surrey Police Service officers responded to calls of a shooting in the Whalley neighbourhood, near the 10800 block of 129 Street, at about 7:40 p.m. on June 26, the SPS confirmed in a press release late Thursday.
About a dozen police cars and ambulance surrounded the scene after gunfire was heard.
Officers found a man suffering from life-threatening injuries, police report. Despite life-saving measures, he died at the scene.
The Integrated Homicide Investigatiion Team (IHIT) has now taken over the investigation, Surrey's fourth homicide of 2025.
"The investigation is in the early stages, and IHIT is working in partnership with Surrey Police Service officers to complete priority tasks," the police press release says. "While the motive is still under investigation, the incident does not appear to be random in nature."
The homicide just two weeks after the shooting death of 56-year-old Satwinder Sharma, 鈥� one of a series of recent crimes connected to extortion threats in Surrey's South Asian community.
Police have not yet said whether this latest shooting is also connected.
Anyone who has information or dashcam footage regarding this investigation is urged to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
Earlier on Thursday night (June 26), Surrey Police confirmed that officers were investigating a shots-fired incident. Police tape blocked off the street of the residential neighbourhood with many SPS cars on site as well as ambulance vehicles on the rainy night.
Police initially confirmed a shooting but did not yet have reports of injuries; by 10 p.m., they confirmed it was in fact a homicide.
