Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer held a press conference on May 17, during which he acknowledged the uptick in gang-related violence, adding how he did not expect it to stop anytime soon..To the surprise of no one, Palmer was correct. The violence carried on with the most recent public shooting taking place on Friday..Alvis Anjesh Singh, 44, was found fatally wounded inside his vehicle across from River Front Park, near his Southeast Vancouver home..This is the eighth homicide of the year falling within the city of Vancouver’s jurisdiction..“Investigators believe the suspects vehicle, which was a silver SUV with a sunroof, drove eastbound on Kent Avenue after the shots were fired,” VPD media officer Const. Tania Visintin said in a press release..“Minutes later a burnt out SUV was found by Sexsmith Elementary School located on West 59th Avenue and Ontario Street..“The investigation is still in its preliminary stages, however investigators believe the burnt-out vehicle is probably connected to the homicide.”.A torched vehicle is located after most gang related hits in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland..No arrests have been made at this time and police are looking for what they believe to be a group of three people who were in the silver SUV..Vancouver Police have stated this was a targeted incident, and while they have not officially confirmed whether or not it is part of “the current gang conflict,” VPD did allude to Singh was known to them..Court records confirm Singh had a 2002 conviction for drug trafficking..The murder of Singh this past weekend is the first fatal bloodshed this month in what has been a bloody year for gang violence. The previous month had a series of brazen public shootings..May 1: BC corrections officer Bikramdeep Randhawa was shot and killed at Scottsdale Centre in North Delta..May 3: A man shot outside of Willowbrook shopping centre in Langley was taken to the hospital with injuries..May 8: In South Burnaby, 19 year old Blerton (Toni) Dalipi died in the hospital after being shot. Ahmed Riyaz Tahir was charged on May 9..May 9: United Nations gang member Karman Grewal was shot and killed outside the Vancouver International Airport. Suspects shot at police while fleeing..May 13: In Burnaby, Jaskeert Kalkat was shot and killed near the Cactus Club restaurant at Market Crossing mall. Two others were injured..May 20: Yasin Khan is shot dead at 3:30 pm PST near a Wendy’s restaurant in Rock City Centre in Nanaimo..May 22: Mir Aali Hussain is gunned down around 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Hart Street and Henderson Avenue in the Maillardville area of Coquitlam..May 22: Gurkeert Kalkat (brother of Jaskeert Kalkat) is shot dead in the 1800 block of 26 Avenue S.W. in Calgary around 5:30 pm MST..June 4: Alvis Anjesh Singh, 44, is shot dead near his Southeast Vancouver home..Reid Small is a BC correspondent for the Western Standard.,.rsmall@westernstandardonline.com
Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer held a press conference on May 17, during which he acknowledged the uptick in gang-related violence, adding how he did not expect it to stop anytime soon..To the surprise of no one, Palmer was correct. The violence carried on with the most recent public shooting taking place on Friday..Alvis Anjesh Singh, 44, was found fatally wounded inside his vehicle across from River Front Park, near his Southeast Vancouver home..This is the eighth homicide of the year falling within the city of Vancouver’s jurisdiction..“Investigators believe the suspects vehicle, which was a silver SUV with a sunroof, drove eastbound on Kent Avenue after the shots were fired,” VPD media officer Const. Tania Visintin said in a press release..“Minutes later a burnt out SUV was found by Sexsmith Elementary School located on West 59th Avenue and Ontario Street..“The investigation is still in its preliminary stages, however investigators believe the burnt-out vehicle is probably connected to the homicide.”.A torched vehicle is located after most gang related hits in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland..No arrests have been made at this time and police are looking for what they believe to be a group of three people who were in the silver SUV..Vancouver Police have stated this was a targeted incident, and while they have not officially confirmed whether or not it is part of “the current gang conflict,” VPD did allude to Singh was known to them..Court records confirm Singh had a 2002 conviction for drug trafficking..The murder of Singh this past weekend is the first fatal bloodshed this month in what has been a bloody year for gang violence. The previous month had a series of brazen public shootings..May 1: BC corrections officer Bikramdeep Randhawa was shot and killed at Scottsdale Centre in North Delta..May 3: A man shot outside of Willowbrook shopping centre in Langley was taken to the hospital with injuries..May 8: In South Burnaby, 19 year old Blerton (Toni) Dalipi died in the hospital after being shot. Ahmed Riyaz Tahir was charged on May 9..May 9: United Nations gang member Karman Grewal was shot and killed outside the Vancouver International Airport. Suspects shot at police while fleeing..May 13: In Burnaby, Jaskeert Kalkat was shot and killed near the Cactus Club restaurant at Market Crossing mall. Two others were injured..May 20: Yasin Khan is shot dead at 3:30 pm PST near a Wendy’s restaurant in Rock City Centre in Nanaimo..May 22: Mir Aali Hussain is gunned down around 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Hart Street and Henderson Avenue in the Maillardville area of Coquitlam..May 22: Gurkeert Kalkat (brother of Jaskeert Kalkat) is shot dead in the 1800 block of 26 Avenue S.W. in Calgary around 5:30 pm MST..June 4: Alvis Anjesh Singh, 44, is shot dead near his Southeast Vancouver home..Reid Small is a BC correspondent for the Western Standard.,.rsmall@westernstandardonline.com
