Homicide investigation team identifies man killed in Chilliwack shooting<\/p>\n
Published 1:40 pm Monday, February 16, 2026<\/p>\n
A man who died in a shooting in a Chilliwack home on Feb. 15 has been identified by investigators.<\/p>\n
Kristopher Benson, 48, died of a gunshot wound in a home on Mellard Avenue. A second man was injured and is in stable condition in hospital.<\/p>\n
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team released a statement on Feb. 16, saying the are working closely with Chilliwack RCMP, the Integrated Forensic Identification Services (IFIS), and the BC Coroners Service.<\/p>\n
\u201dWhile the motivation behind the shooting is still under investigation, preliminary information indicates that this was a targeted and isolated incident,\u201c they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an effort to advance the investigation, investigators are identifying the deceased as 48-year-old Kristopher Benson of Chilliwack. The second victim remains in hospital in stable condition,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators are expected to be in the area for some time as they continue to process the crime scene and canvass for video evidence,\u201d says Sgt. Freda Fong of IHIT. \u201cAnyone with information who has yet to speak with IHIT is urged to contact us right away.\u201d<\/p>\n
IHIT is seeking witnesses, CCTV and anyone with dash cameras who was in the area of the 46000 block of Mellard Avenue, Chilliwack on Feb. 15, between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is urged to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT<\/a> (4448) or by email atihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation team identifies man killed in Chilliwack shooting Published 1:40 pm Monday, February 16, 2026 A man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-480247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480247","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=480247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}