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Two more people shot and killed in Metro Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Two more people have been shot and killed in Metro Vancouver, bringing the total number of fatal shootings in the area to four in as many days.
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An RCMP officer looks on as residents walk past police tape to get home after a man in his mid-20's was shot and killed in the driveway of a home in Surrey

VANCOUVER — Two more people have been shot and killed in Metro Vancouver, bringing the total number of fatal shootings in the area to four in as many days.

Five people have been shot in total since early Saturday, with a 54-year-old woman being the only victim who has survived.

The two latest shootings took place in Langley, B.C. and Surrey, B.C.

“The four years I’ve been here this is extremely unusual ... like I’ve never heard of this happening before,” Staff Sgt. Bruce Anderson said in an interview Tuesday.

“What the reasoning is, or if there is a specific reason, it’s unknown at this time. But this is unheard of.”

Police said a 38-year-old man was pronounced dead in his Langley driveway Monday night, and a man in his 20s was found dead in Surrey Tuesday morning.

Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said in a press release that just after 9 p.m. Monday night police received a call of shots fired at a Langley residence.

She said police and members of the BC Ambulance Service responded and found an unresponsive 38-year-old man bleeding in his driveway.

Pound said the man was pronounced dead on the scene.

Surrey RCMP later received reports around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning that a male was lying on the lawn of a north Surrey residence, and that the owners of the residence had heard shots about an hour earlier.

Police arrived to find a Caucasian man dead on the ground, near the road, and in a hedge area.

Plain clothes officers and homicide investigators were called in to probe the incident.

Since the identity of the victim is still not known, Anderson said it’s too early to say if there is any link between the latest two shootings.

But he said the latest Surrey incident appears to be targeted.

The string of shooting deaths in Metro Vancouver began early Dec. 24 when Bradley McPherson was gunned down outside a Surrey house party.

The second death came on Christmas Day when convenience store employee Alok Gupta, who volunteered to work so the shop owners could enjoy the holiday, was killed.

Meantime, a 54-year-old woman who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest at a north-end apartment early Sunday morning has not been identified by police. Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Pound said Monday that the first two killings were not gang related or linked to each other in any way, and police do not yet have any suspects.