Another Indo-Canadian Gangster Gunned Down

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Alleged Dhak-Duhre Associate Gurbinder “Bin” Toor Shot As He Went To Play Ball Hockey In Port Moody

One witness said he saw a “White-Caucasian” man hurriedly leaving the scene in a dark Nissan Murano, possibly the man who killed Gurbinder “Bin” Toor. It looks like another hit orchestrated by the Hells Angels or associates of the jailed Bacon brothers.

PORT MOODY – Another Indo-Canadian gangster was gunned down on Wednesday night as he went to play ball hockey at the Port Moody Recreation Centre.

Thirty-five-year-old Gurbinder “Bin” Toor was shot at around 9:25 p.m. while standing in the parking lot outside the facility at 300 Loco Road. He was struck several times as shocked patrons called 911

Toor, a member of the Surrey Giants ball hockey team, was getting out of his car to go to a Premier Ball Hockey League game in the rec centre when he was shot several times, according to Const. Lindsay Houghton of the Vancouver Police Department, which is handling the investigation.

Police say the deceased’s next of kin have been notified.

Toor, who is known to police through his alleged connections to Indo-Canadian gangs such as the Dhak-Duhre crime groups, was rushed to hospital but died as a result of the multiple shots shortly after midnight Wednesday.

According to police, witnesses nearby reported hearing up to nine gunshots in rapid succession, which some initially mistook for fireworks. Police say a dark-coloured SUV was then seen fleeing the scene.

One witness told reporters that witnesses saw a “White-Caucasian” man hurriedly leaving the scene in a dark Nissan Murano, possibly the killer. It looks like another hit orchestrated by the Hells Angels or associates of the jailed Bacon brothers.

Police warned members last fall that they were being targeted by rival groups and that gang tensions were escalating.

The Vancouver Police Department Homicide Squad, which has been called to handle the investigation, says the shooting appears to be targeted and gang-related, but few other details have been released.

While Toor had a criminal record and was a very close friend of Balraj, Sandip and Paul Duhre, he was also believed to have changed his path in recent years because he had a young family, according to the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

His death is just the latest in a string of murders linked to a gang war across the Lower Mainland and spilling over into other B.C. cities and even Mexico.

In the past year the Dhak-Duhre gang and its associates have increasingly come under fire. The leader of the Duhre gang,  Sandip Singh Duhre, was gunned down in a brazen shooting at Vancouver’s Sheraton Wall Centre in January and their close associate Thomas Gisby was shot to death in Mexico April 28.

Sandip Duhre’s brothers Balraj and Paul, both in their late 30s, continue to operate in the Lower Mainalnd and the Fraser Valley.

The Duhre gang is believed to be based largely out of Abbotsford, controlling up to 100 street soldiers and a large chunk of the Fraser Valley drug trade at the height of their power several years ago.

VPD’s Houghton said that although it’s early in the investigation they believe the Toor killing was a targeted, gang-related shooting.

“Being a resident of Port Moody myself, I know it’s a busy recreation centre during the day and into the evening,” Houghton said during a VPD press conference Thursday morning. “It’s disturbing to us… and people should find it extremely unacceptable in their community.”

Houghton said the parking lot is a busy place, with families and people of all ages coming and going from the rec centre.

“Any public shooting puts the public at risk and that’s extremely concerning to us,” Houghton added.

Anyone with information or any witnesses who have yet to speak to police are asked to call the homicide unit at 604-717-2500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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