A North Vancouver man is in hospital after a double shooting in downtown Vancouver Monday night that left one known gangster dead.
Vancouver Police Department responded to the 1100-block of Cordova Street around 10:30 p.m. after receiving several reports of gunshots.
When they arrived, they found one man in a car and another one block away, both with gunshot wounds. The one in the car, Tejinder Singh Malli, died in hospital. The other, a North Vancouver resident who police are not identifying, had serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
"He was taken to the hospital. He underwent surgery and he is in stable condition and is expected to survive," said Sgt. Randy Fincham, VPD spokesman. "Both of these guys, we believe, have significant gang affiliations.. .. We believe both of these guys were targeted."
Investigators are now poring over statements from a number of witnesses to get an idea of what happened in the fracas.
"It was a pretty hectic scene. There were people running and going everywhere and there were cars driving and all sorts of stuff. We're trying to determine if there was a car involved, how many potential suspects were involved," Fincham said.
Fincham could not say what criminal group the victims belong to, as gang allegiances shift often these days.
