One Dead, One Critical After Double Shooting at Langley House
One man is dead and another clinging to life after an overnight shooting at a Langley house. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene and talking to a number of possible witnesses....
View ArticleIHIT on the Scene of New Maple Ridge Case: UPDATE
Homicide investigators are on the scene of a possible murder in the 11700-block of Carshill Street. Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Ridge Meadows RCMP received...
View ArticleIHIT Investigates Inmate Death at North Fraser
A chronic offender being held on Alpha East in North Fraser Pre-trial Centre was found dead in his cell Sunday night. And the circumstances were suspicious enough that the Integrated Homicide...
View ArticleCrime Stats Down Across Canada, Except for the Murder Rates
Stats Can issued its annual report on crime stats Tuesday. There was a lot of good news about how the overall crime rates were down to near historic lows in 2011. But there was some bad news too. The...
View ArticleVigil for Maple Batalia on the First Anniversary of Her Slaying
The family of slain Surrey teen Maple Batalia is holding a candlelight vigil Friday to mark the first anniversary of her murder. And the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team continues to make...
View ArticlePolice Searching for Suspect in New West Murder Saturday – UPDATE
UPDATE: Police identified the victim as January Marie Lapuz, 26. Lapuz was formerly known as John Carlo Embo Lapuz, but changed his name in 2008. No one has been arrested. Earlier post: Investigators...
View ArticleSuspected Murder in Mission Mobile Home Thursday
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a possible murder in the 34000 block of Lougheed Highway. IHIT’s Sgt. Jennifer Pound said in a news release that Mission RCMP was called...
View ArticleGunman deliberately shot border guard: IHIT boss
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has confirmed the man who shot CBSA agent Lori Bowcock fired on her directly before turning the gun on himself. IHIT head Insp. Kevin Hackett identified the...
View Article2010 Dhak hit still having ripple effect: Police
Tuesday was the second anniversary of the Metrotown slaying of Gurmit Dhak, a well-known gangster who knew he had many enemies. And while police have not yet laid charges in Dhak’s public shooting, the...
View ArticleCharges laid in fatal Surrey shooting in May 2012
Two young men have been charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting last May of Noel Jackson in a Surrey basement suite. Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team,...
View ArticleVancouver murder victim identified; More charges laid in Burnaby slaying
Vancouver police believe the city’s ninth homicide was a targeted killing of a 23-year-old man with a criminal record. At a news conference Thursday, Sgt. Randy Fincham identified the body found in a...
View ArticleGang cops can’t follow targeted gangsters 24/7: CFSEU
B.C. gang enforcement teams have headed off murders and shootings in recent months, despite the targeted slayings of two high-profile gangsters Monday, police say. Sgt. Ghalib Bhayani, of the Combined...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend and associate charged in Maple Batalia’s murder: UPDATE
Gurjinder Singh (Gary) Dhaliwal, 20 and Gursimar Bedi, a 22-year-old associate, have been charged in the Sept. 2011 slaying of Maple Batalia. Dhaliwal had dated Batalia, but she broke it off with him...
View ArticleSuspect in Langley killing had a history of violence
A Langley man charged with murdering his friend on New Year’s Eve earlier told hospital workers he attempted suicide by driving into oncoming traffic in 2009, according to Crown submissions in an...
View ArticleThree dead in two targeted shootings in Surrey Sunday
Two men were shot to death in a Surrey apartment parkade Sunday night, just hours after another man was killed in a gang-related shooting. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in...
View ArticlePolice investigating eight violent deaths across B.C. Sunday
Homicide investigators around B.C. were swamped Monday after eight people were found dead in five separate incidents over 24 hours. Surrey was the scene of two fatal shootings Sunday night that left...
View ArticleDhak associate Manny Hairan dead; Jujhar Khun-Khun wounded
A gangster linked to the late Sukh Dhak was killed in a targeted north Surrey shooting early Tuesday, while his associate is clinging to life in a Lower Mainland hospital with gunshot wounds. Manjinder...
View ArticleIHIT on the scene of murder in Surrey
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was on the scene of another murder in Surrey Monday – the fifth in five days. IHIT’s Andrew MacIntosh said Surrey RCMP responded to 911 calls about 9:20 am,...
View ArticleGang associate killed in Surrey survived Sept. 2011 shooting
He was lucky 16 months ago when he survived a targeted hit outside a Mr. Lube automotive centre in Coquitlam. But Jaskaran Singh Sandhu’s luck ran out this week when he was found slain on a rural...
View ArticleIHIT called in to investigate body found in south Surrey – UPDATE
The 2Integrated Homicide Investigation Team identified the man found burned on Colebrook Road Sunday as 29-year-old Delta resident Amritpal (Paul) Saran. Saran had numerous run-ins with the law and...
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