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A young man is dead after a shooting in Langley and police say the death may be linked to recent gang violence in Metro Vancouver.

Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says investigators have confirmed 21-year-old Dai Duong of Abbotsford was the victim of the homicide.

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The shooting happened late Thursday at a townhouse complex in the 8100-block of 204th Street to reports of shots fired. Police found a man with gunshot wounds in the backyard of a home.

Duong was pronounced dead in hospital.

Jang says Duong was known to police and associated with gang activity. While it’s early in the investigation, officers believe the murder was not random.

The latest incident is among a series of shootings and murders in the Lower Mainland that police have said is likely connected to gang activity.