The victim of a homicide in Surrey is being identified.
Baljinder “Binder” Singh Garcha of Surrey, 46, was found dead on Jan. 13 just after 12 p.m.
Surrey Police Service officers were called to a man lying near the street in the 3500 block of 176 Street, apparently suffering from gunshot wounds.
The man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
“It remains very early on in this investigation,” Sukhi Dhesi, media relations officer for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which has now taken over the case, said in a statement.
“Based on initial investigative steps, investigators do not believe there is a connection to the B.C. gang conflict and are working diligently to understand the circumstances that led to the death of Mr. Garcha. We are asking anyone with information to please come forward and speak with investigators.”
Shortly after, Surrey Police Service responded to a report of a vehicle fire in the 18900 block of 40th Street and investigators believe this to be related to the ongoing investigation into Garcha’s death.
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Investigators are looking for anyone with information, CCTV, or dash camera footage from the 18900 block of 40th Street, Surrey, from 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and from the 3500 block of 176 Street Avenue between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Jan. 13.
Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or contact them by email.
Garcha’s death was the third in only five days in the Lower Mainland.
A man was found dead in a burned home in Surrey on Monday and a man was killed in Abbotsford on Friday.
Both those incidents were targeted, homicide investigators confirmed.
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