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Lovepreet Singh Dhaliwal's Fatal Shooting In Abbotsford, B.C., Believed To Be Targeted: Police

The Canadian Press, 22 Jan, 2018 11:03 AM

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police say a 24-year-old man is dead following an apparent homicide in Abbotsford, B.C.

The Abbotsford Police Department says in a statement that they received multiple reports of shots fired in a residential neighbourhood Friday evening.

Officers arrived to find a man inside a van suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team has identified the man as Lovepreet "Jason" Dhaliwal.

Victim in #AbbotsfordBC ID’ed as 24y/o Lovepreet “Jason” Dhaliwal. Blk 4dr Acura TL believed connected to shooting. Call IHIT w/ info. pic.twitter.com/9aooRxgCVr
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) January 20, 2018

Police say the shooting appears to have been targeted.

The homicide team says a black four-door Acura is believed to be connected to the shooting, and a vehicle matching that description was later found, burnt.

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