RICHMOND (NEWS 1130) – A man has been killed in a targeted shooting at a Sikh Temple in Richmond and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in.

The victim has been identified by IHIT as 42-year-old Edwin Shek-Yin Cheng of Richmond, who is known to police.

Investigators are talking to witnesses who may have seen what happened in the parking lot of the temple.

A worshiper says there were many people at the time when it happened around nine-forty-five last night. “One guy was parked in the parking lot and another car came, a black SUV and they start shooting him and they left right away,” he explains. “There was too many bullets I saw in the arm, in the side, in his cheek. So I think almost 20, I saw those little shells around the car after that you know,” he adds.

Other members say the area is very safe with nothing like this ever happening here within the last 30 years and were shaken to arrive this morning to find most of the parking lot behind police tape.

The temple is open round the clock and the front gates to the side lots are always left open.