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<\/p>\nVancouver police are lauding family members, investigators and prosecutors who \u201cdid not give up\u201d in finding justice for teenager Alfred Wong, who was killed by a stray bullet in 2018.<\/p>\n
The police reaction comes after Kane Carter was handed concurrent lifetime jail sentences for two counts of second-degree murder in the death of Wong.<\/p>\n
The BC Prosecution Service says Carter is eligible to apply for parole after 17 years, and he was also issued a mandatory lifetime firearms ban and a DNA order.<\/p>\n
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Police Investigate on Broadway on Jan. 13, 2018. (CityNews Image)<\/p>\n
Fifteen-year-old Wong died after being struck by a bullet fired in a shootout between gang rivals on Vancouver\u2019s busy Broadway thoroughfare on Jan. 13, 2018, while returning from dinner with his family in the back seat of a car.<\/p>\n
Carter was convicted last December after his first trial ended in a mistrial in September 2024 with the jury deadlocked.<\/p>\n
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Vancouver Police Inspector Mike Heard. (CityNews Image)<\/p>\n
Vancouver Police Inspector Mike Heard says In a statement that Carter\u2019s lifetime prison sentence \u201cwas the best we could hope for\u201d but adds that no prison term can \u201cadequately reflect the toll taken in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heard says Wong was \u201ccaught in the crossfire of a violent gang dispute,\u201d and his death was \u201cneedless\u201d and \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMany on the team, including me, are parents ourselves,\u201d Heard says. \u201cWe took Alfred\u2019s murder personally and continue to share in the family\u2019s grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will hopefully send a message to anyone bringing weapons and violent intent onto the streets of Vancouver \u2014 regardless of how long it takes, you will pay a price.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2026.<\/p>\n
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