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Calgary police have identified the man found dead on a suburban Calgary street Thursday morning following reports of gunfire in the area.

His name is Cuong Hoang — he also goes by Andy Cuong Hoang — and he was found shortly after 9:30 a.m. in the 0 to 100 block of Auburn Sound Circle S.E.

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Police are not releasing the cause of the man’s death until an autopsy is completed.

According to court documents, Hoang has criminal charges dating back to 1992.

In 2000, the 46-year-old was convicted of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and handed a three-year sentence and 10-year firearms ban. He was at the centre of a cocaine bust dubbed Operation Sockeye in 1998 that saw two other people arrested.

Police do not believe Hoang’s death was a random attack, but are still trying to establish a motive. Investigators also recovered a beige minivan in connection to the case from an undisclosed location in the southeast, and continue searching for suspects in the death.