Double deadly shooting at 232 St and 64 Ave believed to be targeted

Man and woman dead after shooting in rural area of Langley

LANGLEY (NEWS 1130) – Two people are dead after a shooting in a somewhat rural area of Langley, but investigators aren’t drawing any connections between this incident and another deadly shooting in Abbotsford last night.

RCMP Corporal Craig van Herck says officers were called to the area of 232 Street and 64 Avenue around 5:30 a.m. “On police attendance, we located an adult male and female, both victims of gunshot wounds. Both are deceased.”

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now investigating.

“We believe the incident was targeted, but it’s much too early, and any information, any updates, I will be providing those at a later time,” Corporal Frank Jang with IHIT says.

Police have not told us whether the bodies were found in a home or a vehicle. They are not releasing the age of the victims or any possible relationship between them.

There have been no arrests and there’s no word yet on any possible motive for the shooting.

“At this point in the investigation, they’re still working to try to determine that,” says van Herck.

Jang has few details about #Langley violence, but repeats #RCMP warnings behaviour is ‘unacceptable’ and police ‘fully engaged’ in this. pic.twitter.com/Y0Q4gzL202 — Marcella Bernardo (@Bernardo1130) September 1, 2017

Due to a police incident please stay away from 232 and 64th. Springbrook southbound to 232 is closed. — Langley RCMP (@LangleyRCMP) September 1, 2017

Darren Grieve in the Air Patrol flew over the area by 232nd Street and 64th Avenue this morning.

“On 232nd southbound, just before the lights at 64th, there’s a red jeep off to the side of the road that was apparently travelling northbound, it appears. Yellow tape is across just in front of that truck, with police cruisers on scene,” he reported.

Photos show the doors to the jeep open and the windows smashed.

“And then a little further… right by 62A Crescent, they’ve also got a police presence there, as well,” adds Grieve.

Ashley Troy says she was driving to work with a friend and they passed the red jeep that was pulled over to the side of the road around 6:00 a.m. She says she didn’t think anything of it because people pick berries along that road all the time.

“Everything was closed. If it was open it would have been a whole other situation right? Like, I probably would have been like it everybody OK? I’m someone to pull over and help someone with a flat tire. But n, It just didn’t look anything unusual.