Male injured in shooting in Surrey (update)

ON Tuesday, February 16, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Surrey RCMP received calls of shots heard in the area of 145 Street and 82 Avenue. Surrey RCMP frontline and Gang Enforcement officers  were immediately dispatched to the area.

Officers located a male in the area suffering from a gunshot wound. The male was transported to a regional trauma hospital.

Officers have been conducting neighbourhood canvassing and speaking with several witnesses to obtain further information. At this time this incident does not appear to be a random act, but rather targeted at this male, police said.

Anyone with further information who has not already spoken to police is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or, if they wish to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca.

Some incidents of shootings/homicides since December 27 in the Lower Mainland:

February 14: Shooting between occupants of vehicles in Delta; burned-out vehicle seized

February 12: Adrian Golofit, 31, found dead in his Surrey home; not known to police

February 11: Neal Pratap, 44, shot and killed in Burnaby

February 8: Shooting in Abbotsford; no description of suspects or vehicles

February 4: Shana Harris-Morrris, 23, killed and male injured in Surrey shooting

February 4: Shooting in Surrey’s Tannery Park; no suspects

February 3: Shooting in wooded area in Surrey; no suspects

February 3: Chris Kenworthy, 32, shot dead inside a vehicle in Burnaby.

February 1: Exchange of gunfire between occupants of two vehicles in Richmond.

January 30: Two young men known to police escape uninjured in Langley shooting.

January 26: Arshdeep Singh, 22, shot dead, another young man injured in Langley shooting.

January 18: 27-year-old Langley man known to police shot in Langley.

January 16: Shooting between occupants of two cars in Langley City and Brookswood.

January 10: Person injured in a shooting in Coquitlam.

January 9: Dilraj Johal, 28, shot and killed in Richmond.

January 7: Anees Mohammed, 29, shot and killed in Richmond.

January 6: Gary Kang, 24, shot and killed in Surrey.

December 28: Tequel Willis, 14, shot and killed in Surrey.

December 27: Harman Singh Dhesi, 19, shot and killed in Surrey.