
B.C. homicide team investigates beating death of a 19-year-old man
ABBOTSFORD — Homicide investigators are looking into an attack on a 19-year-old man that started in Abbotsford, B.C., then led officers to Crescent Beach in Surrey more than 45 kilometres away.
Officers were called on Jan. 27 to an area on Victoria Street in Abbotsford when witnesses were reporting that a man was assaulted and then taken away in a vehicle.
Police say in a statement that three hours later, the 19-year-old man was found near Crescent Beach with severe injuries.
He was taken to hospital, but died of his injuries on Saturday.