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Four face charges connected to North Vancouver homicide

Four men facing charges in connection with a kidnapping and homicide case in North Vancouver are expected to make an appearance in court this afternoon. The four were arrested on a quiet street in Lynn Valley in the early hours of the morning Sept.
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Four men facing charges in connection with a kidnapping and homicide case in North Vancouver are expected to make an appearance in court this afternoon.

The four were arrested on a quiet street in Lynn Valley in the early hours of the morning Sept. 29, after police discovered a man’s body there. Police have yet to confirm the body was found inside a white Bentley or in another car that was the focus of investigation Tuesday.

Tianyi Zhang, 23, and Casey Hiscoe, 21, have both been charged with kidnapping a man named Peng Sun with the intent of holding him for ransom between Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 in North Vancouver. Police have yet to confirm the identity of the homicide victim found dead Tuesday.

Zhang, Hiscoe and two other men – 20-year-old Dylan Green and 18-year-old Jacob Gorelik – have also been charged with interfering with a dead body in connection to the case.

So far, none of the men has been charged with killing the man found dead at the scene Tuesday, although further charges are possible, said Sgt. Stephanie Ashton, media spokeswoman for the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

Ashton said it’s also too soon to tell if police anticipate any other arrests in the case. “There are other people they were interested in speaking with in relation to the incident,” she said.

Aston said police converged on the 900-block of Wellington Drive around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning in response to an active investigation involving multiple jurisdictions across the Lower Mainland.

Aston said police believe the killing was targeted.

Details about how the man died have not been released.

On Tuesday morning, police blocked off the 900-block of Wellington and removed at least two cars from the scene, including a white Bentley and a newer model Chevrolet Malibu. Investigators appeared to be focusing both on the back seat and trunk of the Bentley, which was earlier covered in a tarp.

Zohreh Saddighi, who lives across the street, said she noticed the white Bentley parked on the street in the two or three days before Tuesday’s incident. Saddighi said she noticed the vehicle because it was unusual for the neighbourhood.

Another couple who live on the street said at 3 a.m. “all hell broke loose,” with about 10 police cars with officers in riot gear and guns arriving on the street. “There was a lot of yelling,” said the woman, who declined to give her name.

The man said he later saw two men being handcuffed and led to police cruisers. The man added he had also recently noticed the Bentley as a new vehicle parked on the street.

The couple said detectives who spoke to them assured them the incident was not directly tied to their neighbourhood. “They said it didn’t start here. It ended here,” said the woman.