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02-09-2009, 09:03 PM
Kitsilano shooting victim linked to United Nations gang
Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, February 09, 2009
VANCOUVER - He was shot at least six times outside a Kitsilano grocery store late Sunday, but a 28-year-old man is still not cooperating with Vancouver police.
Const. Jana McGuinness said the man remains in stable condition in hospital after the shooting at 11 p.m. Sunday at the IGA Marketplace in the 2000-block of W. 10th Avenue.
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"Our members arrived to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds on the southwest corner of the IGA parking lot. He was conscious and moving when our members arrived," McGuinness said. "He is in stable condition and is uncooperative with the investigators at this time."
Police are refusing to release more information about the man, but The Vancouver Sun has learned he is linked to the United Nations gang and has faced gun charges before. He used to live in Abbotsford.
McGuiness said right after the shooting, a police dog searched the area, but "the suspect was not found."
"He was seen running away on foot. Today our search and canvas teams are back there. They are combing the area, making sure there is no discarded evidence. Collecting anything they find."
She said investigators are appealing for witnesses to call and were grateful so many people called 911 Sunday night when they heard gunshots.
"That is very helpful to the investigation, that people are paying attention and they are making those calls to the police."
The incident is just the latest in a rash of shootings that have left four dead and two wounded in a week across Metro Vancouver.
McGuiness would not say if the victim is known to police or linked to any of the other recent shootings in Coquitlam, Langley, Surrey or Abbotsford.
"We believe this is a targeted shooting. It has the earmarks of a gang shooting. But we are not making the definitive links right now," she siad. "It is a concern. It seems like a lot of things are happening in very quick succession around the Lower Mainland and even one shooting is one too many. We are making concerted efforts to suppress gang violence."
She said the B.C. Integrated Gang Task Force is compiling in-depth intelligence on all the gang activity in the region. "We share information with them very closely and all the agencies benefit from that intelligence that's gathered and that hub of intelligence that's shared," she said. "Our efforts will continue to suppress this very public brazen displays of violence."
kbolan@vancouversun.com
Read Kim Bolan's blog, The Real Scoop
© The Vancouver Sun 2009
Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, February 09, 2009
VANCOUVER - He was shot at least six times outside a Kitsilano grocery store late Sunday, but a 28-year-old man is still not cooperating with Vancouver police.
Const. Jana McGuinness said the man remains in stable condition in hospital after the shooting at 11 p.m. Sunday at the IGA Marketplace in the 2000-block of W. 10th Avenue.
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"Our members arrived to find a man suffering from gunshot wounds on the southwest corner of the IGA parking lot. He was conscious and moving when our members arrived," McGuinness said. "He is in stable condition and is uncooperative with the investigators at this time."
Police are refusing to release more information about the man, but The Vancouver Sun has learned he is linked to the United Nations gang and has faced gun charges before. He used to live in Abbotsford.
McGuiness said right after the shooting, a police dog searched the area, but "the suspect was not found."
"He was seen running away on foot. Today our search and canvas teams are back there. They are combing the area, making sure there is no discarded evidence. Collecting anything they find."
She said investigators are appealing for witnesses to call and were grateful so many people called 911 Sunday night when they heard gunshots.
"That is very helpful to the investigation, that people are paying attention and they are making those calls to the police."
The incident is just the latest in a rash of shootings that have left four dead and two wounded in a week across Metro Vancouver.
McGuiness would not say if the victim is known to police or linked to any of the other recent shootings in Coquitlam, Langley, Surrey or Abbotsford.
"We believe this is a targeted shooting. It has the earmarks of a gang shooting. But we are not making the definitive links right now," she siad. "It is a concern. It seems like a lot of things are happening in very quick succession around the Lower Mainland and even one shooting is one too many. We are making concerted efforts to suppress gang violence."
She said the B.C. Integrated Gang Task Force is compiling in-depth intelligence on all the gang activity in the region. "We share information with them very closely and all the agencies benefit from that intelligence that's gathered and that hub of intelligence that's shared," she said. "Our efforts will continue to suppress this very public brazen displays of violence."
kbolan@vancouversun.com
Read Kim Bolan's blog, The Real Scoop
© The Vancouver Sun 2009