Metro Vancouver business owner said he was "shocked" to learn that one of his rental cars was connected to a serious double shot in Burnaby over the weekend. I did.
YVR used car gallery owner Jonathon Gagnon said his black Mercedes-Benz GLC was on fire on Saturday, shortly after the two were shot dead onHighway 1. I confirmed that it was found.
Gagnon said the car renter sent a message via Turo, the car-sharing app that rented the car, telling them that they had been hijacked. The car was rented until Wednesday.
"I was shocked to be honest with you," Gagnon told Global News on Monday. "The customer himself was like a very nice companion. He was an older gentleman. It was a car rental and car sales day," he said.
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18-year-old Mae Samzaki was shot dead. He was a car passenger. The driver was also shot and injured without life-threatening. The
attack occurred around 2:30 pm in the area of the Kensington Overpass on the Trans-Canada Highway. The Integrated Murder Investigation Team (IHIT) is investigating and believes it was a targeted shooting related to the ongoing gang conflict at this time.
Immediately after the shooting, a black SUV was found firing at East Lawn Drive in the Brentwood area. Investigators believe it is a suspicious vehicle.
The vehicle's license plate is from Gagnon Consistent with the GLC license plate on the website, he confirmed that police approached him over the weekend and reported that one of his vehicles was "involved in a serious crime." ..
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"I was surprised. I didn't know the car would light up like that. Good car I was sad because it was. " "(Police) was very vague about what happened. We knew what kind of car it was."
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Global news has reached the customer who rented the vehicle. He refused to appear in the camera, but said he was hijacked by three people. He claimed to have lost his way, was told to leave the car, and was "shocked" later to find out that it was related to shooting.
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The short mileage of the vehicle, which was "untouched," was booked by several other customers this summer and was scheduled to go on sale in the fall, Ganyon added.
The employer said there were six "incidents" affecting stocks between two locations, Vancouver and Coquitlam, and no arrests were made.
"Every time such an incident occurs, it only pushes up the cost of everyone," he said. "Now we have to worry about cars being stolen this way, rather than being stolen in many places ... this has brought the car to a new limit."
Including this latest shooting Currently, there have been three gang-related shootings in Lower Mainland over the last three weeks of the weekend.
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Police hope witnesses will help build a "timeline of his whereabouts" He said he had announced the name of Zaki, the victim of the murder. ”In the hours leading up to the shoot.
"Mr. Zaki or her second victim is urged to consult the police. IHIT is committed to bringing justice to this young family," said IHIT. The sergeant says. Timothy Pieroti on Sunday.
Anyone with potential information or dashcam footage from the area is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4448.
— Darrian Matassa-Fung
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