{"id":556453,"date":"2026-03-24T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556453\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:32:08","slug":"homicide-investigators-probe-death-of-man-45-in-surrey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556453\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigators probe death of man, 45, in Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified a man who died in Surrey over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>IHIT said 45-year-old Zachery Rider of the Lower Mainland area was found injured and unresponsive by police on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, IHIT said police responded to reports of an unresponsive male around 11:15 a.m. in the 9800 block of Foxglove Drive. Despite life-saving efforts from first responders, he was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A man was arrested shortly after, but IHIT said he was released without charges. <\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s early in the investigation, police said it&#8217;s believed this was an isolated incident and there is no ongoing risk to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators continue to work diligently to determine the circumstances surrounding the death,\u201d IHIT Sgt. Freda Fong said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of witness interviews are ongoing as we establish the deceased\u2019s background and a timeline of his arrival to the area. Anyone who had recent contact with Mr. Rider is urged to contact IHIT right away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-556453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556453","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=556453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}