RCMP investigating Surrey’s gun violence problem, making arrests, seizing drugs
SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they investigating more than two dozen shooting complaints that have left one person dead and five injured so far this year.
Officers have responded to 28 complaints since Jan. 1, nine involving shots being fired into a building or residence and two of bullet casings being found.
Mounties say the incidents are not believed to be linked to groups involved in last year’s drug violence, though the complaints are tied to the drug trade.
Gunfire on Surrey streets made headlines in early 2015, when police said a group of South Asians and those of Somali descent were involved in a low-level drug conflict.