Surrey Woman Shot in Extortion Case Not Target: Police
Police have confirmed that the woman critically injured in a Whalley home on October 12 was not the intended target of the shooting, which has been linked to Surrey’s ongoing extortion crisis.
Officers were called to a residence in the 13000-block of 103A Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. following reports of gunfire. When they arrived, paramedics were already providing life-saving aid to a woman who had been shot inside the home. She was taken to hospital in critical condition and is now reported to be in serious but stable condition.
According to Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the Surrey Police Service, no one inside the home was the intended target of the attack, though police have not clarified whether the residence or another individual was the focus of the extortion threat. Several people were inside the home during the incident, but officials declined to specify how many.
Houghton added that this marks the first confirmed extortion-related injury in Surrey this year.
As of October 9, Surrey has seen 33 extortion-related shootings and 59 additional extortion reports not involving gunfire. The city has been under mounting pressure as authorities continue to address what Premier David Eby recently described as an “extortion crisis” amounting to terrorism in parts of British Columbia.
Investigators have not yet linked this shooting to any other recent cases, including the June 11 homicide of Satwinder Sharma, which drew speculation of extortion motives.
Police are asking anyone with information, CCTV, or dashcam footage from the area between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. on October 12 to contact the Surrey Police Service non-emergency line (604-599-0502) and quote file number 25-89656 (SP), or reach out to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca.
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