Indo-Canadian killed in targeted shooting in Vancouver

A 25-year-old Indo-Canadian, with alleged gangland links, has been identified as the victim of a shooting on Friday night in Vancouver which led to a traffic collision.

In a release issued on Saturday, Vancouver Police Department (VPD) identified the deceased a Hitkaran Johal, who died at the scene of the collision.

Police were called in at around 9pm (local time) on Friday over reports of “two men shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles”.

One person was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

As police probe the overnight homicide, they said they believed the “shooting was targeted and there is no ongoing public safety risk at this time”.

No arrests have been made as yet and the investigation is ongoing, the release said.

A vehicle was also set ablaze in the vicinity of shooting soon after that occurred, which is a tactic associated with gangland hits.

However, investigators were working to ascertain whether the fire was connected to the shooting.