Three dead, including suspect, after Langley shootings
Posted July 25, 2022 9:28 am.
Last Updated July 25, 2022 3:03 pm.
Three people are dead, including a suspect, after multiple shootings in Langley created a scary and chaotic scene early Monday morning. The suspect was shot by police.
Two people are also hurt, one critically.
The RCMP says officers were called to several locations in both Langley City and Township. Police say the first shooting victim to be found was a woman in the area of 203A St and Fraser Highway. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
A man was then found dead at Creekstone Place. Another male victim’s body was found at the Langley City bus loop near Logan and Glover Road.
An emergency alert was sent out shortly before 6:30 a.m. to cell phones across the region, telling people to avoid the area. That alert said the shootings involved “transient victims” and said police had an “interaction” with one suspect. It also included a suspect description.
An emergency alert was sent out across Metro Vancouver on July 25, 2022, warning of “multiple shooting scenes” in Langley (CityNews image)
Mounties say officers found a person matching that description near the Langley Bypass and 200th Street. Another man was found at the same location, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He has serious injuries.
Another alert sent about an hour after the first said the “suspect police interacted with is no longer a threat.” It urged people to continue to stay out of the area.
An emergency alert was sent out across Metro Vancouver on July 25, 2022, warning of “multiple shooting scenes” in Langley
(CityNews image)
“During their interaction with the suspect police fired their weapon, hitting the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene,” a statement from the RCMP reads.
“At this time, we don’t know the motive behind this deadly incident, nor if there was any relationship between the deceased suspect and the victims,” said Chief Supt. Ghalib Bhayani, BC RCMP Lower Mainland Assistant District Commander.
Homicide investigators have been called in, as has the Independent Investigations Office of BC. The police watchdog is called whenever someone dies or is hurt during an interaction with police.
In a parking lot across from Willowbrook Mall, a forensics tent was set up Monday morning and the area was secured by yellow police tape.
Items were strewn across 200th Street, with evidence markers next to them.
“We are asking the public to stay out of the following areas: 200 street and Langley Bypass; Parking lot of Cascades Casino located at Fraser Highway and 204 Street, Langley Bus Loop located a Logan Avenue and Glover Road.”
— Mike Lloyd ☕️ (@llikemoyd) July 25, 2022
People were urged to continue to stay out of the area “out of an abundance of caution.”
“We are asking the public to stay out of the following areas: 200 street and Langley Bypass; Parking lot of Cascades Casino located at Fraser Highway and 204 Street, Langley Bus Loop located a Logan Avenue and Glover Road.”
— Mike Lloyd ☕️ (@llikemoyd) July 25, 2022
Anyone with information is asked to call investigators.
Police are expected to share more information Monday afternoon.
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