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.”
One person shot in Delta, B.C., parking lot, police say
A tarp covers the windshield of a vehicle that crashed after a fatal shooting near a busy shopping centre, in Delta, B.C., on Saturday, May 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck May 01, 2021 - 9:23 PM
DELTA, B.C. - Police in Delta, B.C., say one person has been shot following an incident near a gas station on Saturday.
Investigators say they believe the shooting was targeted.
They didn t say what condition the victim is in.
But they say the public nature of the shooting is concerning.
A Delta resident says he was on lock down in a Walmart for more than two hours Saturday following the shooting.
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But they say the public nature of the shooting is concerning.
A Delta resident says he was on lock down in a Walmart for more than two hours Saturday following the shooting.
Sujay Nazareth says he and his mother were in the check-out line when the lockdown was announced and officers entered the store looking for witnesses.
He says spoke with other shoppers who heard gun shots and says there were several eye witnesses.
He says Walmart distributed water bottles to shoppers while they waited.
Nazareth, who lives a few minutes away, says the violence near his home was unnerving.