{"id":124990,"date":"2025-09-06T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/124990\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:15:16","slug":"police-say-gunfire-in-south-surrey-linked-to-extortion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/124990\/","title":{"rendered":"Police say gunfire in South Surrey linked to extortion case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 5, 2025 8:43 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Police in Surrey, B.C., say they believe an early morning shooting in a residential neighbourhood is linked to \u201can ongoing extortion investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police say the shooting happened around 3:50 a.m., when officers responded to reports in the 14300 block of 28 Avenue, in a tree-lined neighbourhood of multimillion-dollar homes on large lots.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756402221_230_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say they found several shell casings upon arrival, but no homes in the area have been damaged and no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or dashcam footage of the shooting are asked to contact investigators immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Police in the area have been investigating extortion targeting the South Asian business community, with some cases being linked to the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11394858\/wealthsimple-data-breach\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757189716_718_8fb0e7b8fb2c1710f479bc98cf4841cd16518e4c7355b560c2c8c34b3a46d617.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWealthsimple says some SINs accessed in \u2018data security incident\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11395323\/lethbridge-child-stabbing-charges\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757189716_856_20250120150124-2025012015014-a8cc7ceee9c8e499df30f81ac16ccb1efdbab48c2a734ac0f82ec7fdf2f5188e.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t12-year-old Alberta boy charged with attempting to kill younger brother\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Politicians including Premier David Eby and federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have urged Ottawa to designate the gang as a terrorist entity.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers said in July it received more than 70 extortion-related tips in an 18-month period.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian 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