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Last Updated May 2, 2021 at 5:48 pm PDT
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Summary
Delta Police say the victim of Saturday afternoon s brazen daylight shooting is 29-year old Bikramdeep Randhawa
While the motivation for the shooting remains unclear, police do say they still believe the attack was targeted
Delta mayor says shootings like this are a regional issue which will be discussed at the next police board meeting
DELTA (NEWS 1130) Police in Delta have confirmed the man killed in Saturday’s brazen daytime shooting near a busy shopping mall is a 29-year-old provincial corrections officer.
Insp. Guy Leeson says their thoughts are with the family and friends of Bikramdeep Randhawa of Surrey “as they now start to deal with their loss.”
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A tarp covers the windshield of a vehicle that crashed after a shooting near a busy shopping centre, in Delta, B.C., on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Police say the victim of a brazen daylight shooting outside a shopping centre in Delta, B.C., has died.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck May 02, 2021 - 9:00 PM DELTA, B.C. - A provincial corrections officer has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in Delta, B.C. Delta Police say in a news release they are considering the daylight shooting outside the Scottsdale Centre mall Saturday to be targeted based on behaviour by the suspects, but the motive is not known.
Police also confirmed that a vehicle involved in the incident was discovered burned in Burnaby on Saturday evening.
Leeson said that “based on the behaviour” of the suspects, investigators believe the shooting was targeted, although no motive has yet been determined.
“Delta Police have been in communication with BC Corrections and other law enforcement partners about possible links to other incidents in Metro Vancouver,” police said.
“At this point, police are not able to determine whether this shooting can be linked to the gang conflict.”
Officers were called to the Scottsdale Centre just before 5 pm on Saturday. They discovered Randhawa suffering from gunshot wounds in the mall’s parking lot.
One man shot at Delta s Scottsdale Centre
Last Updated May 1, 2021 at 8:49 pm PDT
DELTA (NEWS 1130) One man was shot near a busy Delta shopping mall Saturday afternoon in what police say is believed to be a “targeted” attack.
Police were called 72nd Ave and 120th Street around 5 p.m. for reports of shots fired “near a gas station at 72nd Ave and 120th Street.” That intersection is where Scottsdale Centre is. Police tape went up around the parking lot and shoppers were told not to leave the Walmart.
“It’ll be at least be a few hours.”
Officer confirms shooting, and tells owners of vehicles to wait outside the tape. #DeltaBC#SurreyBCpic.twitter.com/xJd5XCWo0I