Barry Artiste Op/Ed
A popular shopping mall in Vancouver turned into a scene out of Pulp Fiction when a man was shot Gangland style with bullets a whizzing about as shoppers went about their bargain hunting.
Gang land hits a popular status quo pastime in a city of a thousand tales, takes another hit as Crime Central of Western Canada.
Police are looking for two suspects in the shooting in which the victim died from his wounds.
- (CBC Photos Inset) VPD Constable Tim Fanning talks to Media.
- Police cordoned off Oakridge Centre’s southern entrance on Cambie Street, but the mall remained open Thursday afternoon. (CBC)
- Crime scene at the Oakridge Mall
Below are two links on locations of numerous gang related hits and photos recently occurring in the lower mainland of BC. These two links below show the seriousness of gang violence.
2008 targeted shootings in Metro Vancouver
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/shootings/
2008 homicides in Metro Vancouver
http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/homicide/
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/02/bc-oakridge-mall-shooting.html
2 men sought in fatal shooting at Vancouver mall
Man in his 20s dies of multiple gunshot wounds
Last Updated: Friday, October 3, 2008 | 1:56 AM ET
Two men police believe are responsible for the fatal shooting of a young man in the underground parking lot of a busy shopping mall in Vancouver are still on the loose.
Vancouver police officers arrived at Oakridge Centre on Cambie Street and West 41st Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday after reports of gunfire, Const. Tim Fanning said.
Several witnesses told police they heard at least seven shots fired and then saw a man lying face down near his vehicle, Fanning said.
‘This shooting has all the earmarks of a targeted attack.’— Const. Tim Fanning, Vancouver police
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