VANCOUVER Police say Vancouver s eighth homicide of 2021 was targeted, but they re not yet saying whether the Friday night shooting was gang related. Officers were called to the intersection of Kent Avenue and Kerr Street around 10 p.m. for reports of shots fired across from Riverfront Park, Vancouver police said Saturday. When they arrived, police said, they found 44-year-old Alvis Anjesh Singh dead in his vehicle. Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin told reporters at a news conference Saturday afternoon that Singh was known to police, and that investigators believe he was targeted. She stopped short of connecting the killing to the ongoing Lower Mainland gang conflict, however.
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Police say a man was found dead in his vehicle in South Vancouver Friday night after reports of shots fired in the River District. A few minutes later, a burnt out SUV was found near Sexsmith Elementary School near W. 59th Avenue and Ontario Street.