A 27-year-old man of Indian-origin, Jasman Sekhon, was shot dead in a suspected gang-related attack in Surrey\u2019s Sullivan Heights on Monday night.<\/p>\n
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) confirmed his identity.<\/p>\n
Who was Jasman Sekhon?<\/p>\n
Age & Origin: 27 years old, of Punjab origin.<\/p>\n
Criminal Background: Had previous interactions with police and was believed to be involved in the drug trade.<\/p>\n
Associations: Early investigations suggest he may have had links to organised crime networks in Surrey.<\/p>\n
Incident details<\/p>\n
Location: Townhouse complex in Sullivan Heights, Surrey.<\/p>\n
How It Happened: Witnesses reported Sekhon was chased by a dark SUV, after which two men stepped out and opened fire.<\/p>\n
Aftermath: Police found Sekhon with multiple gunshot wounds and were unable to revive him.<\/p>\n
Burning Vehicle: A nearby vehicle was found burning, which authorities are investigating for possible links to the shooting, a hallmark of gang-related killings.<\/p>\n
Police Statement<\/p>\n
Sgt. Freda Fong told CTV News: \u201cInvestigators are working diligently to determine the circumstances surrounding the homicide and identify all parties involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police noted that Surrey has seen four shootings in the past 48 hours, highlighting rising gang-related violence.<\/p>\n
Current status<\/p>\n
Arrests: None so far.<\/p>\n
Police are appealing to the public for information to help identify the suspects and links to organised crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old man of Indian-origin, Jasman Sekhon, was shot dead in a suspected gang-related attack in Surrey\u2019s Sullivan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[105843,220836,220837,220838,220839,220840,49,48,220841,210549,158237,123888,87674],"class_list":["post-575091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-gangviolence","tag-homicideinvestigation","tag-jasmansekhon","tag-sullivanheights","tag-surreyhomicide","tag-surreyshootings","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crimenews","tag-ihit","tag-indianorigin","tag-organizedcrime","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575091","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=575091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}