{"id":399611,"date":"2026-01-10T02:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399611\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:38:11","slug":"man-dead-in-targeted-shooting-in-abbotsford-related-to-gang-conflict-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399611\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dead in targeted shooting in Abbotsford, related to gang conflict &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Police in Abbotsford, B.C., descended on a neighbourhood on Friday afternoon following a shooting.<\/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>Sgt. Paul Walker with the Abbotsford Police Department confirmed that officers were called to a home in the 3200 block of Siskin Drive just after 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>He said they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds and, despite life-saving measures, succumbed to his injuries at the scene.<\/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\/1767930311_275_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>\u201cThis incident, I want to stress, is not extortion-related,\u201d Walker said, \u201cbut related to the B.C. gang conflict. The individual in the home is well-known to police and is connected to that B.C. gang conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the shooting on Friday was \u201cspecific\u201d and targeted that person; however, they will not be releasing the man\u2019s identity at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11605018\/macron-steinmeier-trump-allies-foreign-policy-criticism\/\" 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\/1768012690_896_893496fd4125fea8084ead16e1ef55f631156fa342a975cd4f91f53db2fa6b2f.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMacron says Canada \u201951st state\u2019 threats an example of U.S. rejecting allies\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11604551\/robin-kelly-impeach-kristi-noem-ice-shooting-minneapolis\/\" 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\/Untitled-design-60.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCongresswoman plans to impeach \u2018incompetent\u2019 DHS Secretary Kristi Noem\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The investigation is being transferred to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Siskin Drive remains closed between Sandpiper Drive and Stellar Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely a concern to us, anytime we have a shooting or a homicide in the city,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\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 Police in Abbotsford, B.C., descended on a neighbourhood on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39612,63851,2169,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-399611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-abbotsford-crime","9":"tag-abbotsford-shooting","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}