Suspicious death in Surrey sparks IHIT investigation

ON Friday, February 12, at approximately 7:17 p.m., Surrey RCMP responded to an incident at 19300-block of 66 Avenue in Clayton Heights where police located a deceased male.

Surrey RCMP say they are treating the death as suspicious at this time, and are currently in the evidence gathering phase.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called and will be working in partnership with the Surrey RCMP Major Crime Section.

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

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.