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Police and politicians tried again Friday to allay public fears after the latest fatal shooting, this time of a Brothers Keepers gangster suspected of being linked to Sunday’s gang murder at Vancouver airport.
Jaskeert Kalkat, 23, was gunned down about 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Burnaby’s Market Crossing mall at Marine Way and Byrne Road.
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Two other people were also shot, a man and a woman who were also “known to police, ” said Sgt. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. They were taken to hospital with “severe injuries, but they are expected to survive.”
The two others shot, a man and a woman, were transported to hospital. A man and woman were admitted to Royal Columbian Hospital after a shooting at a Burnaby mall parking lot. (Shane MacKichan for PNG)
Sources said the murder is likely retaliation for the fatal shooting of United Nations gangster Karman Grewal, 28, at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday afternoon.
Someone at the scene confirmed to Postmedia that none of the three were customers of the Cactus Club restaurant in the complex, though they were shot near an outside patio. And the young injured woman once worked there.
Others on the patio screamed and dove for cover after the shots rang out. Broken glass was scattered around the patio.
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Relatives of the man gunned down in Burnaby Saturday are remembering him as “a loving kind gentle young man” who cared deeply for his family and friends.
Toni Dalipi, 19, was shot to death outside of a vape store on 6th Street near 13th Avenue about 7 p.m. Saturday.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating the murder the latest in a series of fatal shootings across the Lower Mainland in recent weeks.
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Six years ago, Surrey RCMP warned people to steer clear of gangster Karman Grewal after he and his friends were shot at but refused to cooperate with police.
On Sunday, Grewal, who was associated to the United Nations gang, was gunned down in a brazen public execution at Vancouver International Airport.
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The killer or killers opened fire at about 3 p.m. in front of the international terminal on the departures level.