{"id":182042,"date":"2025-10-01T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/182042\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T07:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:58:15","slug":"shots-fired-at-surrey-radio-station-believed-to-be-extortion-related-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/182042\/","title":{"rendered":"Shots fired at Surrey radio station believed to be extortion-related &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shots were fired at a Surrey, B.C., radio station early Tuesday morning, Global News has learned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former MLA and Swift 1200 AM host Jinny Sims confirmed to Global News that staff arrived at the building on 76 Avenue in Surrey to find evidence of a shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Sims told Global News that no one was inside the building at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Sims says she is \u201cshaken\u201d by what happened and said that everyone has the right to have a safe workplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, this is my workplace,\u201d Sims told Global News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a phone call to say that gunshots had been fired at the building. So I\u2019m here right now and the police has arrived and they\u2019re doing their investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surrey police confirmed they are investigating a shooting at that location, but it is in the early stages. No motive for the shooting has been released at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Shots fired at Surrey radio station'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/swift-radio-shooting.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:42<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShots fired at Surrey radio station\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, media relations officer with the Surrey Police Service, said they received a 911 call around 11 a.m. from a staff member saying they believed their business had been shot at.<\/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\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>He said they are still trying to determine what time the shooting happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, we believe the incident to be extortion-related and our Extortion Task Force will be taking over the case,\u201d Houghton added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurrey police and other police agencies have spoken with the business owner in the past and that\u2019s what leads us to believe this is extortion-related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Houghton said that, as of Sept. 22, there were 48 reports of extortion-related incidents in the City of Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11455831\/costco-seasonal-changes-consumer-spending-christmas\/\" 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\/10\/1759305495_450_20240924100912-20240924100912-66f2c92646d564edfb7fbe43jpeg_d320b7.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCostco trimming its Christmas offerings as consumers pull back on spending\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11457990\/nigel-wright-dead-stephen-harper-aide\/\" 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\/10\/1759305495_535_8eecf70f583aac3e7282c3096459963674a40effba541aa0606a1ffba78ac2ec.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tNigel Wright, former top aide to Stephen Harper, dead at 62\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very concerning, it\u2019s very concerning,\u201d Sims said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a media and to make this kind of an attack on media seems unthinkable to me. And yes, like anybody else, I am shaken that we have people who would do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sims said she believes this shooting might be connected to the recent string of extortion attempts across Canada. Swift Radio\u2019s most recent segment covered extortion cases and the Bishnoi Gang being declared a terrorist organization with guest Surrey Police Service\u2019s Chief Const. Norm Lipinski.<\/p>\n<p>She says she is calling on all levels of government to put an end to the extortion threats.<\/p>\n<p>This recent incident shows <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11432934\/surrey-extortion-threats-bc-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">that creating a task force is not enough<\/a>, Sims added.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody who goes to work should have a right to a safe workplace,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my workplace that other people have come and shot at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July, Spice Radio rebranded as Swift 1200 AM as owner Shushma Datt and her son Sudhir Datta stepped away from the station.<\/p>\n<p>Swift 1200 AM is led by Devinder Singh Benipal, Nimmi Daula, Sims and Sameer Kaushal.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shots were fired at a Surrey, B.C., radio station early Tuesday morning, Global News has learned. 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