{"id":22895,"date":"2022-07-25T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22895"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T22:00:32","slug":"langley-shootings-police-confirm-three-deaths-in-british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/25\/langley-shootings-police-confirm-three-deaths-in-british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Langley shootings: Police confirm three deaths in British Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gunman killed two people and injured two others during an early morning shooting spree, police in the Canadian province of British Columbia have said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Emergency alerts issued shortly after 06:00 local time (13:00 GMT) warned of “multiple shooting scenes” in downtown Langley, a city about 25 miles east of Vancouver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police confirmed a lone suspect had been shot dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He is believed to have been targeting homeless people in the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The suspect and his victims will not be publicly identified until police have notified next-of-kin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sergeant David Lee, a spokesman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said the series of incidents began at midnight and continued until early morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said the attacker was an individual known to the police, but it was “too early” in the investigation to identify a motive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Among the injured, a woman is in critical condition while a man sustained a serious injury to his leg. Both have been taken to Langley Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier on Monday, police issued public service alerts to Langley residents – for only the second time ever – about “multiple reports of shots fired” in the city’s downtown area as well as its neighbouring township.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Homicide investigators were dispatched to the scene, and police were seen setting up a forensics tent near a white vehicle that had cardboard covering up its license plate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An unmarked black SUV riddled with bullet holes was also spotted near the shooting site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police said the gunman also appeared to have fired into buildings that were closed and unoccupied at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We had a tragedy this morning in our neighbourhoods,” Mayor Val van den Broek said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She claimed the problem of homelessness was worse in British Columbia than other provinces, calling on elected officials at all levels to “do more” to address it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Local homeless advocate Kim Snow told the Global News outlet that the victims were “suffering souls”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“They are just people that need a place to live,” she said. “They need chances. They are not on the street by choice.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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