3 Killed, Including Gunman, In Shooting In Canada’s Vancouver: Police

Montreal:

A gunman killed two folks and wounded two others in a collection of shootings close to Vancouver within the early hours of Monday, earlier than being shot useless by police, authorities stated.

Earlier studies had steered the assailant might have focused homeless folks, however this was not instantly confirmed by authorities in Langley, a city of 130,000 folks about an hour southeast of Vancouver.

“I can affirm that 4 folks have been shot by what’s believed to be a lone gunman,” Langley police chief Ghalib Bhayani informed a information convention. Two of the victims died, whereas a 3rd — a lady — remained in vital situation, and a fourth individual was shot within the leg.

Bhayani stated authorities have been nonetheless working to determine the victims and suspect, and to determine whether or not there was any connection between them.

“Proper now we’re figuring out the precise nature of who these individuals are and we aren’t in a position to affirm that they’re in reality homeless,” murder investigator David Lee stated of the victims.

A number of Langley residents tweeted photographs of emergency alerts they obtained from police at about 6:15 am native time (1315 GMT) confirming “a number of taking pictures scenes” within the metropolis’s downtown space.

A subsequent alert knowledgeable residents that the suspect was now not a risk, however urged them to steer clear of the world.

Firearms-related violent crimes account for lower than three p.c of all violent crimes in Canada — however since 2009 the per capita charge of weapons being fired with intent to kill or wound has elevated five-fold.

Following a wave of mass shootings within the neighboring United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced a proposed freeze on handgun possession that may successfully ban their importation and sale.

Canada banned 1,500 varieties of military-grade or assault-style firearms in Could 2020, days after the nation’s worst mass taking pictures left 23 useless in rural Nova Scotia.

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