Residence and vehicle damaged in extortion-related shooting in Surrey

SURREY Police Service (SPS) is investigating an overnight shooting at a residence in the Panorama Ridge neighbourhood.

At approximately 12:50 a.m. on Thursday, January 15, SPS members responded to reports of a shooting in the 13400-block of 56 Avenue. Police located a residence and vehicle that had been damaged. Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident.

SPS Frontline Investigative Support Team (FLIST) attended. SPS Major Crime Section has taken conduct of the investigation. The investigation is in its early stages and investigators are continuing to gather evidence. While the motive for the shooting is still under investigation, it appears that this incident is related to the ongoing series of extortions in Surrey, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident, including CCTV or dashcam footage, or who may know the identities of the suspects is asked to contact SPS’ non-emergency line at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca and quote file number 26-4746 (SP).