A Langley man has been charged following an investigation into a shooting in Vancouver’s Sunset neighbourhood last month.
Officers were called to East 63rd Avenue and Inverness Street just before 9 p.m. on July 26 for reports that two men had been shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles.
Hitkaran Johal, 25, died at the scene. A second man was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators from VPD’s Major Crime Section identified the suspect, and with significant assistance from the Calgary Police Service and the Alberta RCMP, he was arrested in Alberta on August 21.
The BC Prosecution Service has approved one count each of first-degree murder, attempted murder with a firearm, and aggravated assault against 27-year-old Rylee Shipley.
The 25-year-old man, with alleged gangland links, was shot on July 27th night in Vancouver. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) identified the deceased as Hitkaran Johal, who died at the scene of the collision.
Police were called to East 63rd Avenue and Inverness Street just before 9 p.m. on July 26 for reports of two men shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles. One man was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
One person was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. As police probe the overnight homicide, they said they believed the “shooting was targeted and there is no ongoing public safety risk at this time”.
A vehicle was set on fire near East 63rd Avenue and Prince Edward Street shortly after the shooting. Investigators are working to determine if this fire was connected to the shooting.
Investigators are asking anyone with information who has not yet come forward to call the VPD Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.
Langley man arrested in Alberta and charged for shooting of Hitkaran Johal
