{"id":397141,"date":"2026-01-08T23:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397141\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:41:19","slug":"langley-home-shot-at-in-extortion-related-incident-police-believe-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397141\/","title":{"rendered":"Langley home shot at in extortion-related incident, police believe &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>RCMP in Langley, B.C., say a shooting at a home on Thursday morning is believed to be extortion-related.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RCMP said officers were called at approximately 5:17 a.m. to the 6900 block of 232 Street in Langley after receiving reports of shots fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on initial information, we believe this incident is extortion-related, investigators are liaising with partner agencies and working to determine possible linkages to other investigations,\u201d Sgt. Zynal Sharoom of the Langley RCMP said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, there were no reported injuries as a result of this shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also believe that the suspects in this shooting arrived in a dark-coloured sedan and fled the area immediately after.<\/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\/2026\/01\/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>One of the two houses on the targeted property is owned by the same family that owns the trucking company, Chohan Freight Forwarders, which is the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10299772\/bc-cancels-licence-trucking-company-overpass-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">company involved in a lawsuit with the B.C. government<\/a> after its drivers were involved in multiple overpass or bridge strikes in the Lower Mainland.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear if this company has been targeted or what a possible motive for this shooting might have been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point in time, due to privacy, we\u2019re not going to be naming anyone at this point, and we\u2019re trying to determine if there\u2019s any linkages to the overpass strikes at this point,\u201d Sharoom told Global News.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11601944\/westjet-passenger-fat-shamed-staff-flight-to-mexico\/\" 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\/2026\/01\/1767915678_39_FAT-SHAMING-GUY.bmp\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWestJet passenger says he was \u2018fat-shamed\u2019 by staff on flight to Mexico\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11602638\/denmark-europe-plan-trump-greenland\/\" 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\/2026\/01\/Greenland-EU-plan.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tDenmark\u2019s European allies working on plan if Trump attacks Greenland\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut however, we believe that this is related to extortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call the Langley RCMP at 604-532-3200 and quote file number 2026-722.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 7, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11603076\/delta-home-targeted-extortion-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shots were fired at a home in Delta<\/a> in what is believed to be an extortion-related shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Delta police investigating extortion-related shooting'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WEB_ealta_PIC.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:20<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\tDelta police investigating extortion-related shooting\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP in 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