{"id":479545,"date":"2026-02-17T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:15:12","slug":"victim-of-fatal-weekend-shooting-in-chilliwack-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/479545\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim of fatal weekend shooting in Chilliwack identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have identified the victim in a fatal shooting in Chilliwack Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), 48-year-old Kristopher Benson was pronounced dead at the scene after a shooting at a home on Mellard Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>IHIT Sgt. Freda Fong says they have released the victim\u2019s identity to advance the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investigation is still in its early stages, and while the motivation is still under investigation, the preliminary information suggests that this was a targeted and isolated incident,\u201d Fong told 1130 NewsRadio. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to provide more updates as the investigation unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"4392776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ihit.png\" alt=\"The Chilliwack RCMP has released the identity of the victim of a fatal shooting Feb. 15, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-4392776\"  \/>Police have released the identity of the victim of a fatal shooting in Chilliwack Feb. 15, 2026.  (IHIT Image)<\/p>\n<p>Police say a second victim remains in hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to call the IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT or email ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have identified the victim in a fatal shooting in Chilliwack Sunday morning. According to the Integrated Homicide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-479545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479545","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=479545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}