According to authorities, a string of shootings early on Monday in Langley, British Columbia, Canada left two individuals dead and two more hurt.
At a news conference on Monday, Chief Superintendent Ghalib Bhayani of the Lower Mainland District Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed that the four victims had been shot at several shooting scenes.
A male suspect was found next to one of the victims and was shot and killed by police, according to Bhayani. Police eventually identified the suspect as Surrey resident Jordan Daniel Goggin, 28.
The suspect is in arrest, and according to the Langley Royal Canadian Mounted Police, police believe he is the lone suspect.
According to Bhayani, the two people who died were men. According to him, one male victim was shot in the leg and another was hospitalised in critical condition.
According to Sergeant David Lee with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, the incident started at about midnight with the finding of the first deceased and ended at 5:45 a.m. after the police engaged the suspect.
According to a police press release
The victims may have been temporary, according to an emergency notice sent out just after 6 a.m., but Lee would not verify that.
According to Lee, the shooting “was temporary in nature, not necessarily the people.” “These folks were targeted, but we’re still trying to figure out how they connected to the shooter.”
Goggin was recognized “to further identify witnesses and forward the investigation” by the mounted police’s Combined Homicide Investigation Team, which is looking into the shooting of the victims.
According to the press release, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of the police department is looking into the shooting of Goggin by officers independently.
According to the press release, Goggin was “known to police but had non-criminal contact.”
Jessica Bernardo, was on her way to work when numerous police cars blocked traffic at the intersection of 200 Street and Highway 10 in Langley by parking in front of her car.
Bernardo reported that “they (police) started running out with firearms.” I saw someone lying on the ground to my right.
According to Bernardo, police held up traffic for almost 15 minutes before letting drivers pass.
Until police could determine if the suspect was acting alone, authorities had issued an emergency alert warning citizens of potential danger, according to police. They had taken possession of the single suspect, according to a later notice.
According to its website, the National Public Alerting System in Canada is used to deliver “possibly life alerts, which are region (geo-targeted)”.
